A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:13 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 12:41:13 / June 19, 2018 @ 12:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2749939 West, latitude 19.4260006 North, depth = 0.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.82 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: hv70289311. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70289311.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and ninety-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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