A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -155.2408° West, 19.3184° North. The temblor was picked up at 18:16:53 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000dyk6. Event ids that are associated: us1000dyk6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 04:16:53 / May 5, 2018 @ 4:16 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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