A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 10:16:25 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70300861. Unique identifier: hv70300861. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 20:16:25 / June 21, 2018 @ 8:16 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2738342 West, latitude 19.4016666 North, depth = 1.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.5 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days one thousand and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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