A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 08:49:20 / July 4, 2018 @ 8:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2578278 West, latitude 19.4031658 North, depth = -0.87 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70361896. Id of event: hv70361896. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.87 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:49:20 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-seven, in the last 10 days nine hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and twelve and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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