A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 08:20:02 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2718353 West, latitude 19.3983326 North, depth = -0.54 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 18:20:02 / August 1, 2018 @ 6:20 pm. Event id: hv70508562. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70508562. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.54 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 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), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-six and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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