A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 19:05:17 / June 16, 2018 @ 7:05 pm. Exact location of event, depth -0.49 km, -155.2996674° West, 19.4768333° North. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:05:17 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70276371. Unique identifier: hv70276371. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.49 km (-0 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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