A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.33 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70298821. Id of event: hv70298821. The temblor was picked up at 00:57:46 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 10:57:46 / June 21, 2018 @ 10:57 am. Exact location, longitude -155.2806702° West, latitude 19.4169998° North, depth = 0.33 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 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).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one thousand and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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