A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 19:27:38 / June 21, 2018 @ 7:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2794952 West, latitude 19.4228325 North, depth = 0.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.16 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:27:38 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70300696. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70300696.
The epicenter was 39 km (25 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), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and four, in the last 10 days six hundred, in the past 30 days one thousand and seventy-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and fifty-eight 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 earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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