A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:45:10 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 17:45:10 / August 2, 2018 @ 5:45 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.04 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2749939 West, latitude 19.3934994 North, depth = 0.04 km. Id of earthquake: hv70512912. Event ids that are associated: hv70512912.
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), 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/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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