A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70120661. Id of event: hv70120661. The temblor was picked up at 08:25:43 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2473297° West, latitude 19.3991661° North, depth = 0.42 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.42 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 18:25:43 / May 5, 2018 @ 6:25 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 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 seventy-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and six, in the past 30 days one hundred and eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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