A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 10:59:07 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.02 km (-1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70167436. Id of event: hv70167436. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 20:59:07 / May 20, 2018 @ 8:59 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2711639 West, latitude 19.3540001 North, depth = -1.02 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 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 Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 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 seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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