A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2696686 West, latitude 19.4233341 North, depth = 1.49 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.49 km (1 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:56:49 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 10:56:49 / June 15, 2018 @ 10:56 am. Id of earthquake: hv70269791. Event ids that are associated: hv70269791.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days three hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and in the last 365 days one thousand and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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