A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.23 km (0 miles). The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:39:09 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70309391. Id of event: hv70309391. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 14:39:09 / June 23, 2018 @ 2:39 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2711639 West, latitude 19.3946667 North, depth = 0.23 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, one hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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