A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2774963 West, latitude 19.4081669 North, depth = 0.02 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.02 km (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:45:43 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 03:45:43 / July 4, 2018 @ 3:45 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70360806. Id of event: hv70360806.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (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 sixty, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and twenty-nine 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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