A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2663269° West, 19.4023342° North, depth 0.6 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.6 km (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:05:39 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70301011. Id of event: hv70301011. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 21:05:39 / June 21, 2018 @ 9:05 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days one thousand and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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