A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:02 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 11:38:02 / June 18, 2018 @ 11:38 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.89 km (-1 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.2591705° West, latitude 19.3828335° North, depth = -0.89 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70284296. Unique identifier: hv70284296.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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