A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.72 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:14:47 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 07:14:47 / June 15, 2018 @ 7:14 am. Unique identifier: hv70268996. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70268996. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2590027° West, 19.4221668° North, depth 1.72 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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