A minor earthquake magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.36 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:28:52 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.36 km, -155.2904968° West, 19.4090004° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70502227. Id of event: hv70502227. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 10:28:52 / July 31, 2018 @ 10:28 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 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), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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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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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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