A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 18:34:39 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.56 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70297406. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70297406. Exact location, longitude -155.2768402° West, latitude 19.4231663° North, depth = 0.56 km. Global time and date of event 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 04:34:39 / June 21, 2018 @ 4:34 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa. The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days five hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days nine hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand, three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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