A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:25 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2851715° West, latitude 19.4056664° North, depth = 1.78 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 16:30:25 / July 25, 2018 @ 4:30 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70475212. Event ids that are associated: hv70475212. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.78 km (1 miles).
Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 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), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days four thousand, one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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