A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.74 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 0.74 km, -155.2801666° West, 19.4203339° North. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:40:27 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/18 / 2018-06-21 19:40:27 / June 21, 2018 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70300736. Unique identifier: hv70300736.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Event 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), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days five hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand and fifty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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