A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.79 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2726593° West, latitude 19.4200001° North, depth = 0.79 km. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:09:32 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 07:09:32 / June 28, 2018 @ 7:09 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70332321. Unique identifier: hv70332321.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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