A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 16:54:16 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2813263 West, latitude 19.3999996 North, depth = -0.57 km. Global time and date of event 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 02:54:16 / August 5, 2018 @ 2:54 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.57 km (-0 miles). Event id: hv70523422. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70523422.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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