A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 14:49:39 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 00:49:39 / June 27, 2018 @ 12:49 am. Event id: hv70326091. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70326091. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.17 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth -0.17 km, -155.260498° West, 19.3976669° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-two, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days one thousand, five hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days two thousand and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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