A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.94 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 14:37:27 / June 18, 2018 @ 2:37 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2798309° West, latitude 19.416666° North, depth = 1.94 km. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:37:27 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70284976. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70284976.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 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 (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Each 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 seventy-two, in the last 10 days four hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days eight hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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