A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2581635° West, 19.4001675° North, depth 0.1 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:30:30 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70249542. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70249542. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 19:30:30 / June 8, 2018 @ 7:30 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 41 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-six, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-two 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.
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