A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.91 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2731628 West, latitude 19.3946667 North, depth = 0.91 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 22:30:52 / August 1, 2018 @ 10:30 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70509372. Id of event: hv70509372. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:30:52 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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