A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 16:48:19 / June 16, 2018 @ 4:48 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:19 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70275896. Id of event: hv70275896. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.26 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.26 km, -155.2598267° West, 19.4003334° North.
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).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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