A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 13:08:47 / June 15, 2018 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.55 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2781677 West, latitude 19.4349995 North, depth = 0.55 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70270306. Id of event: hv70270306. The temblor was reported at 03:08:47 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (24 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), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one thousand and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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