A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 01:40:57 / July 15, 2018 @ 1:40 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.53 km (0 miles). Event id: hv70424112. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70424112. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:40:57 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.53 km, -155.2686615° West, 19.4233341° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days seven hundred and four, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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