A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2846667° West, 19.4115° North, depth 0.79 km. Id of earthquake: hv70503837. Event ids that are associated: hv70503837. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.79 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:59:45 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 17:59:45 / July 31, 2018 @ 5:59 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 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), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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