A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2896729 West, latitude 19.4071674 North, depth = 0.36 km. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:26:12 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.36 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 18:26:12 / June 1, 2018 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70218702. Unique identifier: hv70218702.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (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 nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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