A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The temblor was reported at 13:47:52 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70219672. Event ids that are associated: hv70219672. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 23:47:52 / June 1, 2018 @ 11:47 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.58 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.3139954 West, latitude 19.3894997 North, depth = 2.58 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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