A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.13 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 08:40:30 / June 27, 2018 @ 8:40 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:40:30 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2855° West, latitude 19.4188333° North, depth = 0.13 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70327786. Id of event: hv70327786.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 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), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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