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Minor earthquake: M2.81 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4360008S, -155.2531738WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.51 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1.51 km, -155.2531738° West, 19.4360008° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70343021. Unique identifier: hv70343021. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 11:23:03 / June 30, 2018 @ 11:23 am. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:23:03 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 eighty-one, in the last 10 days nine hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 1 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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