A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.98 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 05:02:07 / June 9, 2018 @ 5:02 am. Exact location of earthquake, -155.4426727° West, 19.4176674° North, depth 2.98 km. The temblor was detected at 19:02:07 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70251297. Unique identifier: hv70251297.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and three, in the past 30 days five hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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