A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 14:16:10 / June 15, 2018 @ 2:16 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:16:10 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.37 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70270566. Id of event: hv70270566. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2603302 West, latitude 19.3983326 North, depth = -0.37 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 41 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), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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