A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 04:44:56 / June 21, 2018 @ 4:44 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:44:56 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.59 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.272995 West, latitude 19.4183331 North, depth = 0.59 km. Unique identifier: hv70297441. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70297441.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days nine hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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