A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2568359 West, latitude 19.4093342 North, depth = 1.68 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.68 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 06:49:46 / July 8, 2018 @ 6:49 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70381211. Id of event: hv70381211. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:49:46 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter).
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), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighteen, in the last 10 days eight hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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