A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.09 km (1 miles). Id of earthquake: hv70512312. Event ids that are associated: hv70512312. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:27:31 / 4:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2776642 West, latitude 19.3886662 North, depth = 1.09 km. Global time and date of event 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 14:27:31 / August 2, 2018 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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 seventy-seven, 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 has struck near.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply