A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2786713 West, latitude 19.3886662 North, depth = -0.26 km. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:59:41 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70523437. Event ids that are associated: hv70523437. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.26 km (-0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 02:59:41 / August 5, 2018 @ 2:59 am.
Earthquake epicenter 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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