A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -155.2821655° West, latitude 19.4093342° North, depth = 0.3 km. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:43:53 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70262651. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70262651. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 22:43:53 / June 13, 2018 @ 10:43 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.3 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and four, in the past 30 days six hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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