A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.3 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.59-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:03:47 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70381041. Event ids that are associated: hv70381041. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 06:03:47 / July 8, 2018 @ 6:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2798309 West, latitude 19.4048328 North, depth = 1.3 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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