A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv70167521. Event ids that are associated: hv70167521. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 0.01 km, -155.281° West, 19.405° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.01 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:50:07 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 21:50:07 / May 20, 2018 @ 9:50 pm.
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. The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 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), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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