A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.87 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2810059° West, latitude 19.4354992° North, depth = -0.87 km. The temblor was detected at 09:36:51 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70300721. Id of event: hv70300721. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 19:36:51 / June 21, 2018 @ 7:36 pm.
The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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 W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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