A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:42:09 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70432917. Id of event: hv70432917. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.13 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2803333 West, latitude 19.3966667 North, depth = 0.13 km. Global time and date of event 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 21:42:09 / July 16, 2018 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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