A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 16:59:54 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 02:59:54 / June 28, 2018 @ 2:59 am. Id of earthquake: hv70331381. Event ids that are associated: hv70331381. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.21 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2554932 West, latitude 19.4230003 North, depth = 0.21 km.
Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-seven, in the last 10 days nine hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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