A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 19:31:38 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.26 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2811737 West, latitude 19.3959999 North, depth = 0.26 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 05:31:38 / July 24, 2018 @ 5:31 am. Event id: hv70468202. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70468202.
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 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 Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four thousand and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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