A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2700043 West, latitude 19.3996658 North, depth = 2.17 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.17 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv70512222. Event ids that are associated: hv70512222. The temblor was detected at 03:57:57 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 13:57:57 / August 2, 2018 @ 1:57 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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