A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.2786713° West, latitude 19.4123325° North, depth = 0.39 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/18 / 2018-06-22 17:44:21 / June 22, 2018 @ 5:44 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:44:21 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.39 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: hv70305166. Event ids that are associated: hv70305166.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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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