A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:23:11 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 13:23:11 / May 28, 2018 @ 1:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2926636° West, 19.3998337° North, depth -0.75 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.75 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70200332. Unique identifier: hv70200332.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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