A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.01 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth -0.01 km, -155.2526703° West, 19.4064999° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 08:11:09 / June 21, 2018 @ 8:11 am. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:11:09 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70298221. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70298221.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days nine hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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