A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:05:21 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70523447. Unique identifier: hv70523447. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2776642 West, latitude 19.3880005 North, depth = 0.03 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 03:05:21 / August 5, 2018 @ 3:05 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.03 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixty-nine, 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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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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