A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:48:03 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70291776. Id of event: hv70291776. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.15 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 00:48:03 / June 20, 2018 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 1.15 km, -155.2749939° West, 19.4200001° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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