A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 09:11:47 / August 2, 2018 @ 9:11 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2745056 West, latitude 19.3966675 North, depth = 1.68 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.68 km (1 miles). The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:11:47 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70511312. Unique identifier: hv70511312.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 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). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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