A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:35:27 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2859955° West, latitude 19.4088326° North, depth = 0.27 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 07:35:27 / June 15, 2018 @ 7:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.27 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70269066. Id of event: hv70269066.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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