A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 06:03:03 / June 28, 2018 @ 6:03 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.28 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv70332086. Event ids that are associated: hv70332086. The temblor was reported at 20:03:03 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.263504 West, latitude 19.3953342 North, depth = -0.28 km.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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