A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.2651672° West, latitude 19.3931675° North, depth = 0.23 km. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:29:56 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 20:29:56 / August 1, 2018 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70508982. Id of event: hv70508982. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.23 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifty-two and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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