A minor earthquake magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2339935 West, latitude 19.3843327 North, depth = 3.98 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.98 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:59:07 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv61130321. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61130321. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 11:59:07 / December 19, 2015 @ 11:59 am.
The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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 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 S of Volcano, Hawaii.
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