A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.55 km (0 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:06:38 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2796667 West, latitude 19.4126667 North, depth = 0.55 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18158050, us1000ek7l, hv70241807. Id of event: hv70241807. Global time and date of event 07/06/18 / 2018-06-07 02:06:38 / June 7, 2018 @ 2:06 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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