A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:51:23 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 19:51:23 / June 15, 2018 @ 7:51 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2926636° West, latitude 19.3964996° North, depth = -1.08 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70271751. Unique identifier: hv70271751. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.08 km (-1 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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