A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2851715 West, latitude 19.3943329 North, depth = 1.08 km. The temblor was reported at 00:33:56 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.08 km (1 miles). Event id: hv70511607. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70511607. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 10:33:56 / August 2, 2018 @ 10:33 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and thirty-six 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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