A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 10:46:15 / August 2, 2018 @ 10:46 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.69 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2873383° West, 19.3998337° North, depth 1.69 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:46:15 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70511647. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70511647.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). 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-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-five and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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