A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2728271 West, latitude 19.3980007 North, depth = 0.61 km. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:15:49 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70260646. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70260646, us1000epwf. Global time and date of event 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 12:15:49 / June 13, 2018 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.61 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 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), 83 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days three hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days six hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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