A minor earthquake magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 21:29:00 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2805023° West, latitude 19.4078331° North, depth = 0.3 km. Id of earthquake: hv70269046. Event ids that are associated: hv70269046. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 07:29:00 / June 15, 2018 @ 7:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.3 km (0 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 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), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-eight 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.
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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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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