A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 07:59:13 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.46 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 0.46 km, -155.2890015° West, 19.4133339° North. Id of earthquake: hv70363791. Event ids that are associated: hv70363791. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 17:59:13 / July 4, 2018 @ 5:59 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-one, in the last 10 days nine hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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