A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.253006° West, 19.4011669° North, depth -0.84 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.84 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 02:00:55 / June 15, 2018 @ 2:00 am. The temblor was reported at 16:00:55 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70267886. Id of event: hv70267886.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 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), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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