A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:40:15 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 13:40:15 / June 6, 2018 @ 1:40 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70239492. Id of event: hv70239492. Exact location of event, longitude -155.281662 West, latitude 19.4106674 North, depth = 0.54 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.54 km (0 miles).
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), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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