A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Hilo in Hawaii on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.22 km (11 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 05:42:55 / August 7, 2018 @ 5:42 am. The temblor was reported at 19:42:55 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.22 km, -155.4108276° West, 19.7191658° North. Event id: hv70528232. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70528232.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Kalaoa, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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