A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2825012 West, latitude 19.4168339 North, depth = 2.24 km. The temblor was detected at 18:32:53 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70510457. Event ids that are associated: hv70510457. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 04:32:53 / August 2, 2018 @ 4:32 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.24 km (1 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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