A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.58 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:28:44 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2929993° West, latitude 19.4123325° North, depth = 0.58 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 18:28:44 / June 1, 2018 @ 6:28 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70218707. Id of event: hv70218707.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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