A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 23:18:27 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.65 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.284668 West, latitude 19.4109993 North, depth = 0.65 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 09:18:27 / June 7, 2018 @ 9:18 am. Id of earthquake: hv70242972. Event ids that are associated: hv70242972.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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