A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.276001 West, latitude 19.4188328 North, depth = 0.83 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.83 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:49:46 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 11:49:46 / June 15, 2018 @ 11:49 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70270031. Unique identifier: hv70270031.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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