A light earthquake magnitude 4.56 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 00:24:19 / June 20, 2018 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.84 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pt18171050, hv70291696, us1000evzf. Unique identifier: hv70291696. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -155.1046667 West, latitude 19.3296667 North, depth = 6.84 km. The temblor was detected at 14:24:19 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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