A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2727 West, latitude 19.3918 North, depth = 6.152 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.152 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:51:14 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzcz. Unique identifier: us6000mzcz. Global time and date of event 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 03:51:14 / May 18, 2024 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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