A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: hv70332431. Event ids that are associated: hv70332431. Exact location of event, depth -0.56 km, -155.2838287° West, 19.3703327° North. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:42:53 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 07:42:53 / June 28, 2018 @ 7:42 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.56 km (-0 miles).
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). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days nine hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-one 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.
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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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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