A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:08:17 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/06/18 / 2018-06-12 08:08:17 / June 12, 2018 @ 8:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2669983° West, 19.421833° North, depth 1.06 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70255276. Unique identifier: hv70255276. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.06 km (1 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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