A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 14:11:19 / August 2, 2018 @ 2:11 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70512257. Unique identifier: hv70512257. Exact location of event, depth 0.06 km, -155.298996° West, 19.3946667° North. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:11:19 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.06 km (0 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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