A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 15:15:59 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.12 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2799988 West, latitude 19.4090004 North, depth = 0.12 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 01:15:59 / June 24, 2018 @ 1:15 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70311481. Id of event: hv70311481.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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