A minor earthquake magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 11:38:52 / June 20, 2018 @ 11:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2521667 West, latitude 19.3924999 North, depth = 0.31 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.31 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: hv70294066. Event ids that are associated: hv70294066. The 3.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:38:52 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days five hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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