A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70508297. Id of event: hv70508297. The temblor was picked up at 06:57:11 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 16:57:11 / August 1, 2018 @ 4:57 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2734985° West, latitude 19.4064999° North, depth = 1.41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.41 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-two and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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