A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 14:03:59 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 00:03:59 / August 5, 2018 @ 12:03 am. Exact location, longitude -155.2711639° West, latitude 19.3983326° North, depth = 1.47 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.47 km (1 miles). Event id: hv70522927. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70522927.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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