A minor earthquake magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 3.62-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:23:42 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 10:23:42 / July 8, 2018 @ 10:23 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.71 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv70381981. Event ids that are associated: hv70381981. Exact location, longitude -155.2870026° West, latitude 19.4018326° North, depth = 0.71 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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