A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.87 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2861633° West, latitude 19.4076672° North, depth = 1.87 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:21:31 / 8:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70487267, us2000gfy2. Unique identifier: hv70487267. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 06:21:31 / July 28, 2018 @ 6:21 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). 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).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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