A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.17 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:32:29 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 13:32:29 / August 2, 2018 @ 1:32 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70512147. Unique identifier: hv70512147. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2680054 West, latitude 19.3929996 North, depth = 0.17 km.
The epicenter was 42 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), 84 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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