A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.14 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 20:28:43 / August 3, 2018 @ 8:28 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.3026733 West, latitude 19.4255009 North, depth = 1.14 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70517862. Unique identifier: hv70517862. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:28:43 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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