A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pt18136001. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18136001. The temblor was reported at 08:30:45 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.5 km, -155.282° West, 19.414° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.5 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 18:30:45 / May 16, 2018 @ 6:30 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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