A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 11:17:20 / June 20, 2018 @ 11:17 am. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2606659° West, 19.4121666° North, depth 0.12 km. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:17:20 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70293996. Event ids that are associated: hv70293996. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.12 km (0 miles).
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 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), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days nine hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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