A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth -0.03 km, -155.2714996° West, 19.392334° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.03 km (-0 miles). The 3.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:41:47 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 10:41:47 / July 18, 2018 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: hv70440212. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70440212.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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