A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:18:17 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 20:18:17 / June 16, 2018 @ 8:18 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70276646, us1000etg8. Unique identifier: us1000etg8. Exact location of event, depth 0.23 km, -155.2845° West, 19.4117° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.23 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 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), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days seven hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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