A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.2618408° West, latitude 19.3928337° North, depth = 0.1 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:08:17 / 4:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 14:08:17 / August 2, 2018 @ 2:08 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70512247. Event ids that are associated: hv70512247. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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