A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 03:24:40 / August 2, 2018 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:24:40 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70510247. Event ids that are associated: hv70510247. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.32 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.32 km, -155.2703333° West, 19.3983333° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and one and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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