A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70520967. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70520967. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.72 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:16:36 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 13:16:36 / August 4, 2018 @ 1:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.269165 West, latitude 19.4003334 North, depth = 1.72 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 was reported nearby. 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.
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