A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:00:40 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv61288226. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61288226. Exact location of event, depth 2.886 km, -155.246° West, 19.3893333° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.886 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 11:00:40 / June 6, 2016 @ 11:00 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 4 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.
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