A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 06:57:47 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2845001° West, latitude 19.4118328° North, depth = 0.12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70275936. Unique identifier: hv70275936. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.12 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 16:57:47 / June 16, 2018 @ 4:57 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 fifty-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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