A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.2 km (3 miles). The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:47:48 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.2 km, -155.3371735° West, 19.4378338° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 08:47:48 / June 23, 2018 @ 8:47 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70308226. Id of event: hv70308226.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fourty-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and ninety-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, three hundred and one and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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