A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 09:02:18 / June 15, 2018 @ 9:02 am. Exact location, longitude -155.2773° West, latitude 19.381° North, depth = 2.81 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:02:18 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.81 km (2 miles). Event id: us1000es5c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000es5c.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days six hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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