A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.49 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 22:03:26 / June 21, 2018 @ 10:03 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70301201. Event ids that are associated: hv70301201. Exact location, longitude -155.3139954° West, latitude 19.4013329° North, depth = 0.49 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:03:26 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and five, in the last 10 days six hundred and one, in the past 30 days one thousand and seventy-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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