A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.07 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2783356 West, latitude 19.3911667 North, depth = 0.07 km. Global time and date of event 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 08:29:34 / June 17, 2018 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv70278951. Event ids that are associated: hv70278951. The temblor was reported at 22:29:34 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days four hundred and ten, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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