A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Global time and date of event 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 02:01:39 / August 4, 2018 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 16:01:39 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000g36u. Event ids that are associated: us1000g36u. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -155.2538° West, 19.4052° North.
Closest city/cities/towns 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 (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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