A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Global time and date of event 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 02:08:05 / August 3, 2018 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.26 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:08:05 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70514392. Id of event: hv70514392. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2899933° West, 19.4123325° North, depth 0.26 km.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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