A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 09:23:55 / August 4, 2018 @ 9:23 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70520262. Unique identifier: hv70520262. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2928314 West, latitude 19.3976669 North, depth = 0.17 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.17 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:23:55 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and ten and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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