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Minor earthquake 3.28 mag, 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.3503342S, -155.2756653WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.82 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 15:18:28 / May 18, 2018 @ 3:18 pm. Unique identifier: hv70170327. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70170327. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2756653 West, latitude 19.3503342 North, depth = 0.82 km. The temblor was reported at 05:18:28 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two 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. 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: 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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