A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.51 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2868347° West, 19.3973331° North, depth 0.51 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:01:02 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 02:01:02 / August 3, 2018 @ 2:01 am. Event id: hv70514372. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70514372.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 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 fifty-four, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-two and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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