A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Unique identifier: hv70516902. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70516902. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 15:18:53 / August 3, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:18:53 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2936707 West, latitude 19.4036674 North, depth = 0 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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