A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70300451. Id of event: hv70300451. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 18:18:57 / June 21, 2018 @ 6:18 pm. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:18:57 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2783356° West, latitude 19.4191666° North, depth = 0.29 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.29 km (0 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days one thousand and fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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