A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 15:47:46 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 01:47:46 / June 8, 2018 @ 1:47 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.61 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70246162. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70246162. Exact location, longitude -155.2733307° West, latitude 19.4200001° North, depth = 0.61 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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