A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.4 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:18:20 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 21:18:20 / August 3, 2018 @ 9:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70518002. Id of event: hv70518002. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2630005 West, latitude 19.4069996 North, depth = 1.4 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days six hundred and five, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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