A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 17:00:47 / June 16, 2018 @ 5:00 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.75 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2769928° West, 19.3939991° North, depth 0.75 km. The temblor was detected at 07:00:47 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70275946. Unique identifier: hv70275946.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 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), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 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 twenty-four, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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