A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2794952° West, 19.3880005° North, depth 0.25 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 13:15:59 / August 4, 2018 @ 1:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.25 km (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:15:59 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70520962. Event ids that are associated: hv70520962.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days two thousand and sixteen and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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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