A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70363781. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70363781. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2701721 West, latitude 19.4258327 North, depth = 0.24 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.24 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:56:55 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 17:56:55 / July 4, 2018 @ 5:56 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). 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.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-two, in the last 10 days nine hundred and sixty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and seventy and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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