A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:13:55 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.3 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 08:13:55 / June 18, 2018 @ 8:13 am. Id of earthquake: hv70283576. Event ids that are associated: hv70283576. Exact location, longitude -155.2606659° West, latitude 19.4093342° North, depth = 1.3 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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