A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The temblor was reported at 13:41:33 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 23:41:33 / June 1, 2018 @ 11:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.57 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.260498 West, latitude 19.4033337 North, depth = 0.57 km. Id of earthquake: hv70219647. Event ids that are associated: hv70219647.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 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-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourteen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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