A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 12:29:53 / June 20, 2018 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.95 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2693329 West, latitude 19.3963337 North, depth = 0.95 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70294221. Id of event: hv70294221. The temblor was detected at 02:29:53 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-six, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days nine hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply