A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.264328° West, 19.4138336° North, depth 1.11 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:14:33 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70518172. Event ids that are associated: hv70518172. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 22:14:33 / August 3, 2018 @ 10:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.11 km (1 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days six hundred, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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