A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.57 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 12:44:11 / July 16, 2018 @ 12:44 pm. The temblor was picked up at 02:44:11 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70431037. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70431037. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2595062 West, latitude 19.3933334 North, depth = -0.57 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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