A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:17:54 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 22:17:54 / August 24, 2016 @ 10:17 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2416667 West, latitude 19.3851667 North, depth = 3.059 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.059 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv61387321. Unique identifier: hv61387321.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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