A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.01 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 13:23:08 / June 9, 2018 @ 1:23 pm. Unique identifier: hv70253037. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70253037. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:23:08 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2805023 West, latitude 19.4069996 North, depth = 0.01 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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