A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.63 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 11:43:29 / June 20, 2018 @ 11:43 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70294076. Unique identifier: hv70294076. The temblor was picked up at 01:43:29 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2619934° West, 19.3959999° North, depth 0.63 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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