A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.58 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:47:00 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 13:47:00 / June 1, 2018 @ 1:47 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2678375° West, 19.4071674° North, depth 0.58 km. Id of earthquake: hv70217797. Event ids that are associated: hv70217797.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and four, in the past 30 days five hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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