A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.64 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:42:26 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2897° West, latitude 19.4185° North, depth = 5.64 km. Event id: us2000fyp7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fyp7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 18:42:26 / July 6, 2018 @ 6:42 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 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 Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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