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Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4208336S, -155.2871704WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.49 km (-0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70160497. Unique identifier: hv70160497. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:51:43 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 03:51:43 / May 16, 2018 @ 3:51 am. Exact location of event, depth -0.49 km, -155.2871704° West, 19.4208336° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). 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 (48 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), 80 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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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