A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.48 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.25° West, latitude 19.4458332° North, depth = 3.48 km. The temblor was detected at 01:08:51 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 11:08:51 / June 13, 2018 @ 11:08 am. Id of earthquake: hv70260421. Event ids that are associated: hv70260421.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days three hundred and eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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