A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 19:08:49 / June 21, 2018 @ 7:08 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2838287 West, latitude 19.4336662 North, depth = -0.82 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.82 km (-1 miles). Event id: hv70300616. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70300616. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:08:49 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). 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 eighty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one thousand and fifty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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