A minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2201691 West, latitude 19.3029995 North, depth = 7.76 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.76 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv61021481. Unique identifier: hv61021481. Global time and date of event 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 14:39:19 / August 27, 2015 @ 2:39 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.72-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:39:19 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.
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