A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2696686 West, latitude 19.4266663 North, depth = 0.65 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:15:20 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.65 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 11:15:20 / July 26, 2018 @ 11:15 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70478817. Unique identifier: hv70478817.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, two hundred and 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 quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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