A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.1 km (-1 miles). Exact location of event, depth -1.1 km, -155.3908386° West, 20.0900002° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 21:46:51 / June 28, 2018 @ 9:46 pm. Unique identifier: hv70335191. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70335191. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:46:51 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, in the last 10 days nine hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, six hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 8 km E of Honoka’a, Hawaii.
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