A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.56 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 11:21:28 / August 4, 2018 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70520592. Id of event: hv70520592. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.3248291 West, latitude 19.4963341 North, depth = 3.56 km. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:21:28 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua. Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifteen and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 11 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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