A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Global time and date of event 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 13:46:25 / August 3, 2018 @ 1:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2736664° West, 19.423666° North, depth 0.28 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.28 km (0 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:46:25 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70516597. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70516597.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and three and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seventy-seven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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