A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 06:56:51 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.15 km (0 miles). Global time and date of event 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 16:56:51 / August 2, 2018 @ 4:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2606659 West, latitude 19.4146671 North, depth = 0.15 km. Id of earthquake: hv70512792. Event ids that are associated: hv70512792.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-five and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fifty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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