A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.13 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:13 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 01:03:13 / June 21, 2018 @ 1:03 am. Event id: hv70296671. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70296671. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2799988 West, latitude 19.4335003 North, depth = -1.13 km.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days nine hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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