A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 02:34:35 / June 24, 2018 @ 2:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2868333° West, 19.4103333° North, depth -1.14 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.14 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70311776. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70311776, us1000f01u. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:34:35 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nineteen, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one thousand, two hundred and sixty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand, six hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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