A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:35:15 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2723389 West, latitude 19.4130001 North, depth = 1.85 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70270861. Id of event: hv70270861. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.85 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 15:35:15 / June 15, 2018 @ 3:35 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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