A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.4713287 West, latitude 19.2011662 North, depth = 30.75 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.75 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 14:28:57 / June 23, 2018 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:28:57 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70309331. Unique identifier: hv70309331.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hilo, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 nineteen, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, one hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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