A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.91 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: hv70473637. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70473637. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:59:33 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2866669 West, latitude 19.4086666 North, depth = 0.91 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 08:59:33 / July 25, 2018 @ 8:59 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand and ninety-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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