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Minor earthquake 2.88 mag, 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.3981667S, -155.2875061WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.2875061° West, latitude 19.3981667° North, depth = 0.72 km. The temblor was detected at 15:14:41 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70311471. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70311471. Global time and date of event 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 01:14:41 / June 24, 2018 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.72 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (25 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 Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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