A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 23:22:06 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70283816. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70283816. Exact location, longitude -155.2831726° West, latitude 19.4098339° North, depth = 0.26 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 09:22:06 / June 18, 2018 @ 9:22 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.26 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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