A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.41 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 06:09:13 / July 18, 2018 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70439312. Unique identifier: hv70439312. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:09:13 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2630005° West, latitude 19.4138336° North, depth = 0.41 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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