A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70307146. Id of event: hv70307146. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2878265 West, latitude 19.4206657 North, depth = 1.05 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:27:43 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 03:27:43 / June 23, 2018 @ 3:27 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.05 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 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), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). 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 thirty-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and six, in the past 30 days one thousand, one hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, five hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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