A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 10:57:23 / June 17, 2018 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:57:23 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.04 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70279421. Id of event: hv70279421. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2676697° West, 19.3978329° North, depth 0.04 km.
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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