A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 14:56:15 / June 18, 2018 @ 2:56 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:56:15 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2536621° West, latitude 19.4061661° North, depth = -0.02 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70285051. Id of event: hv70285051. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.02 km (-0 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 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), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days eight hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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