A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 14:02:58 / August 2, 2018 @ 2:02 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.97 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:02:58 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70512232. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70512232. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2768402 West, latitude 19.4168339 North, depth = 0.97 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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