A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth -1.14 km, -155.2811667° West, 19.41° North. Id of earthquake: hv70253332. Event ids that are associated: hv70253332, pt18160050. The temblor was picked up at 04:48:17 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.14 km (-1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 14:48:17 / June 9, 2018 @ 2:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 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), 81 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days five hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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