A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 0.29 km, -155.2684937° West, 19.3998337° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.29 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:24:02 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 07:24:02 / June 27, 2018 @ 7:24 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70327486. Id of event: hv70327486.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 fourty-six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and sixty-two 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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