A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.3093262 West, latitude 19.4258327 North, depth = -1.13 km. Unique identifier: hv70309636. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70309636. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 15:50:40 / June 23, 2018 @ 3:50 pm. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:50:40 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.13 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-nine, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 7 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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