A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.92 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 14:38:54 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2791595 West, latitude 19.3973331 North, depth = 0.92 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 00:38:54 / August 2, 2018 @ 12:38 am. Event id: hv70509737. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70509737.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifty and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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