A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.87 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2689972 West, latitude 19.4126663 North, depth = 1.87 km. Event id: hv70509627. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70509627. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 00:01:20 / August 2, 2018 @ 12:01 am. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:01:20 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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 fourty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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