A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.9 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70271611. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70271611. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2896729° West, 19.4354992° North, depth -0.9 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:12:51 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 19:12:51 / June 15, 2018 @ 7:12 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa. Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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