A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 13:39:50 / August 3, 2018 @ 1:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2746735° West, 19.3990002° North, depth 0.25 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:39:50 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.25 km (0 miles). Unique identifier: hv70516577. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70516577.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event 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 (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two thousand and one and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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