A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70379736. Unique identifier: hv70379736. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:31:59 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 00:31:59 / July 8, 2018 @ 12:31 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2855072 West, latitude 19.3741665 North, depth = 5.53 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.53 km (3 miles).
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close 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).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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