A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2788333 West, latitude 19.3971667 North, depth = 0.52 km. The temblor was reported at 05:45:32 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.52 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/18 / 2018-07-11 15:45:32 / July 11, 2018 @ 3:45 pm. Unique identifier: hv70398026. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70398026.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 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), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (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 one hundred and thirty-three, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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