A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 14:38:20 / May 16, 2018 @ 2:38 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2836609° West, latitude 19.4115009° North, depth = 0.18 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.18 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70162307. Unique identifier: hv70162307. The temblor was detected at 04:38:20 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply