A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.82 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70517962. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70517962. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:56:21 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.82 km, -155.2608337° West, 19.4263325° North. Global time and date of event 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 20:56:21 / August 3, 2018 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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