A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2821655° West, 19.4066658° North, depth 1.31 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 09:51:48 / June 16, 2018 @ 9:51 am. Event id: hv70274466. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70274466. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.31 km (1 miles). The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:51:48 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 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), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days four hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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