A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:29 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.65 km, -155.3200073° West, 19.4169998° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.65 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 21:52:29 / May 20, 2018 @ 9:52 pm. Event id: hv70167526. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70167526.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 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 eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 8 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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