A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:21:19 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2601624° West, latitude 19.3980007° North, depth = -0.24 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.24 km (-0 miles). Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 03:21:19 / July 8, 2018 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT. Event id: hv70380391. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70380391.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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