A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.09 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 11:16:14 / August 4, 2018 @ 11:16 am. Exact location, longitude -155.2863312° West, latitude 19.4060001° North, depth = 1.09 km. The temblor was reported at 01:16:14 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70520567. Id of event: hv70520567.
Nearby 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), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifteen and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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