A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 07:44:38 / July 8, 2018 @ 7:44 am. Event id: hv70381436. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70381436. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.08 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2884979 West, latitude 19.3994999 North, depth = -0.08 km. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:44:38 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter).
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 (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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