A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:48:50 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 14:48:50 / June 28, 2018 @ 2:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2858333 West, latitude 19.4118333 North, depth = 0.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70333906. Id of event: hv70333906.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-eight, in the last 10 days nine hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days one thousand, six hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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