A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv70282991. Event ids that are associated: hv70282991. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:30:36 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 05:30:36 / June 18, 2018 @ 5:30 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.64 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.4185028° West, latitude 19.2173328° North, depth = 33.64 km.
Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 fourty-five, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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