A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 16:11:34 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2736664° West, latitude 19.4158325° North, depth = 0.71 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.71 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/18 / 2018-06-14 02:11:34 / June 14, 2018 @ 2:11 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70263211. Id of event: hv70263211.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days six hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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