A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 18:18:59 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us1000g38q. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g38q. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -155.2566° West, 19.4068° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 04:18:59 / August 4, 2018 @ 4:18 am.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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