A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2523346 West, latitude 19.4016666 North, depth = 0.02 km. The temblor was reported at 04:53:57 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 14:53:57 / August 2, 2018 @ 2:53 pm. Unique identifier: hv70512412. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70512412. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.02 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 3 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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