A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 19:51:52 / June 15, 2018 @ 7:51 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: hv70271756. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70271756. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.05 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:51:52 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2891693 West, latitude 19.4088326 North, depth = 0.05 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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 (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 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 have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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