A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 17:23:38 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 03:23:38 / July 8, 2018 @ 3:23 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.03 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70380401. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70380401. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2713318 West, latitude 19.4029999 North, depth = 1.03 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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