A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 0.71 km, -155.2745056° West, 19.413166° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.71 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70431872. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70431872. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:43:03 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 16:43:03 / July 16, 2018 @ 4:43 pm.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea. Nearby 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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