A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 13:58:48 / June 9, 2018 @ 1:58 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:58:48 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2661591° West, latitude 19.4064999° North, depth = 0.38 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.38 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70253162. Id of event: hv70253162.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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