A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2853394 West, latitude 19.4115009 North, depth = 0.58 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 09:01:03 / June 20, 2018 @ 9:01 am. The temblor was picked up at 23:01:03 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.58 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70293471. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70293471.
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days nine hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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