A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.64 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 0.64 km, -155.2684937° West, 19.4266663° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 15:30:30 / June 17, 2018 @ 3:30 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70280381. Unique identifier: hv70280381. The temblor was picked up at 05:30:30 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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