A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2610016° West, 19.4220009° North, depth 0.47 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 21:09:03 / June 23, 2018 @ 9:09 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.47 km (0 miles). The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:09:03 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70310721. Unique identifier: hv70310721.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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