A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.332 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv61128051. Unique identifier: hv61128051. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.1206667 West, latitude 19.3263333 North, depth = 7.332 km. The 3.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:23:28 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/15 / 2015-12-16 22:23:28 / December 16, 2015 @ 10:23 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-nine 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii.
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