A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2515 West, latitude 19.3891 North, depth = 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g03k. Id of event: us2000g03k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:51:27 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/07/18 / 2018-07-09 04:51:27 / July 9, 2018 @ 4:51 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 82 km (51 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), 83 km (52 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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