A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 06:09:23 / June 8, 2018 @ 6:09 am. The temblor was detected at 20:09:23 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2655029 West, latitude 19.4266663 North, depth = 0.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.02 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv70247022. Event ids that are associated: hv70247022.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 2 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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