A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Event id: hv70297106. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70297106. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.13 km (17 miles). The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:07:56 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.3119965 West, latitude 19.2873325 North, depth = 28.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 03:07:56 / June 21, 2018 @ 3:07 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days nine hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and fifty-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 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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