A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Unique identifier: hv70160387. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70160387. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:03:34 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.16 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 03:03:34 / May 16, 2018 @ 3:03 am. Exact location of event, depth 0.16 km, -155.2693329° West, 19.4026661° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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