A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 00:06:49 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.51 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2669983 West, latitude 19.3998337 North, depth = 0.51 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70425917. Unique identifier: hv70425917. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 10:06:49 / July 15, 2018 @ 10:06 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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