A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 00:41:20 / August 2, 2018 @ 12:41 am. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:41:20 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70509742. Event ids that are associated: hv70509742. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.29 km (-0 miles). Exact location of event, depth -0.29 km, -155.2660065° West, 19.3950005° North.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 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 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).
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-five, 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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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