A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:54:05 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.75 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70293661. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70293661. Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 09:54:05 / June 20, 2018 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2769928 West, latitude 19.4104996 North, depth = 0.75 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event 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 (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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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