A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2886667 West, latitude 19.4043333 North, depth = 0.33 km. The temblor was reported at 15:50:13 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70228847. Event ids that are associated: hv70228847. Global time and date of event 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 01:50:13 / June 4, 2018 @ 1:50 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.33 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 42 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 (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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