A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.26 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2728271 West, latitude 19.4156666 North, depth = 1.26 km. The temblor was reported at 20:58:14 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 06:58:14 / June 3, 2018 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70225122, us1000ehqk. Id of event: hv70225122.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days two hundred and five, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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