A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:35:47 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70526157. Id of event: hv70526157. Exact location of earthquake, -155.411499° West, 19.2221661° North, depth 33.07 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.07 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 03:35:47 / August 6, 2018 @ 3:35 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (44 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 Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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