A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 0.2 km, -155.2943268° West, 19.4123325° North. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:30:35 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 17:30:35 / June 16, 2018 @ 5:30 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70276056. Event ids that are associated: hv70276056. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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