A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.78 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:25:31 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 23:25:31 / June 27, 2018 @ 11:25 pm. Exact location of event, depth 0.78 km, -155.2879944° West, 19.4148331° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70330686. Id of event: hv70330686.
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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