A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 0.76 km, -155.2766724° West, 19.4198341° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.76 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:54:08 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 06:54:08 / July 8, 2018 @ 6:54 am. Id of earthquake: hv70381236. Event ids that are associated: hv70381236.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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