A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2873383 West, latitude 19.3956661 North, depth = 0.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 17:20:16 / August 4, 2018 @ 5:20 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.21 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70521712. Unique identifier: hv70521712. The temblor was reported at 07:20:16 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days two thousand and one and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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