A light earthquake with magnitude 4.09 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 1.1 km, -155.2731667° West, 19.4018333° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 17:04:27 / June 15, 2018 @ 5:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: hv70271176. Event ids that are associated: hv70271176. The 4.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:04:27 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 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), 83 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and eighty-three, in the past 30 days seven hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel it?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply