A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event id: hv70280386. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70280386. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.21 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:31:10 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2648315 West, latitude 19.3963337 North, depth = -0.21 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 15:31:10 / June 17, 2018 @ 3:31 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and ten and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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