A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:00:29 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.6 km, -155.2868347° West, 19.3948326° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70512227. Id of event: hv70512227. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.6 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 14:00:29 / August 2, 2018 @ 2:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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