A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth 0.54 km, -155.2791595° West, 19.4078331° North. Id of earthquake: hv70313821. Event ids that are associated: hv70313821. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 12:54:07 / June 24, 2018 @ 12:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.54 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:54:07 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (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 eleven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days one thousand, seven hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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