A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:33:14 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70518597. Id of event: hv70518597. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.05 km (-0 miles). Global time and date of event 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 00:33:14 / August 4, 2018 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2633362° West, 19.395834° North, depth -0.05 km.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 fourty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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