A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2663269 West, latitude 19.4161663 North, depth = -0.3 km. Id of earthquake: hv70271401. Event ids that are associated: hv70271401. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:06:43 / 8:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.3 km (-0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 18:06:43 / June 15, 2018 @ 6:06 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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