A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 02:44:01 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.263504 West, latitude 19.4200001 North, depth = 0.79 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.79 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 12:44:01 / June 17, 2018 @ 12:44 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70279791. Event ids that are associated: hv70279791.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake 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), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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