A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.01 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 05:50:53 / May 7, 2018 @ 5:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2711639° West, 19.3484993° North, depth -1.01 km. The temblor was detected at 19:50:53 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70126346. Event ids that are associated: hv70126346.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety 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: 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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