A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 19:09:21 / July 19, 2018 @ 7:09 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70446727. Event ids that are associated: hv70446727. The temblor was picked up at 09:09:21 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.85 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2831726 West, latitude 19.4101658 North, depth = 1.85 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 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), 81 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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