A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 02:20:49 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 12:20:49 / July 28, 2018 @ 12:20 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.98 km (1 miles). Event id: hv70488432. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70488432. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2801666 West, latitude 19.3903332 North, depth = 0.98 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 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), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and six, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ten and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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