A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.16 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2853394° West, latitude 19.4058342° North, depth = 0.16 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 10:04:21 / June 1, 2018 @ 10:04 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:21 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70216967. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70216967.
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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