A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.29 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70516977. Unique identifier: hv70516977. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:47:32 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 15:47:32 / August 3, 2018 @ 3:47 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2681732 West, latitude 19.3999996 North, depth = 0.29 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
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 twenty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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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