A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 07:28:48 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.21 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70373361. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70373361. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 17:28:48 / July 6, 2018 @ 5:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 1.21 km, -155.2783356° West, 19.4163342° North.
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days eight hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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