A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 08:00:34 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.89 km (-1 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 18:00:34 / August 3, 2018 @ 6:00 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70517367. Unique identifier: hv70517367. Exact location, longitude -155.2518311° West, latitude 19.4806671° North, depth = -0.89 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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