A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.21 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 16:55:16 / May 16, 2018 @ 4:55 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:55:16 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.21 km, -155.258667° West, 19.3963337° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70162702. Unique identifier: hv70162702.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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