A light earthquake magnitude 4.03 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.05 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 21:31:07 / May 16, 2018 @ 9:31 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:31:07 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pt18136002, hv70163497, us1000e6sz. Unique identifier: hv70163497. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2553406 West, latitude 19.4214993 North, depth = 0.05 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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