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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4018326S, -155.2688293WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The temblor was reported at 20:44:37 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 06:44:37 / June 30, 2018 @ 6:44 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70342031. Unique identifier: hv70342031. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.76 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 0.76 km, -155.2688293° West, 19.4018326° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-three, in the last 10 days nine hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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