A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70276161. Unique identifier: hv70276161. Exact location of earthquake, -155.31633° West, 19.3894997° North, depth 6.56 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.56 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:02:16 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 18:02:16 / June 16, 2018 @ 6:02 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kalaoa, Kailua. The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every 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 fifty-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days seven hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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