A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 21:03:39 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 07:03:39 / June 20, 2018 @ 7:03 am. Exact location of event, depth 0.09 km, -155.2641602° West, 19.4173336° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.09 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70293076. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70293076.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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