A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Global time and date of event 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 19:40:13 / July 21, 2018 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 09:40:13 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.273° West, latitude 19.3871° North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5jg. Unique identifier: us1000g5jg.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine hundred and thirty-seven, in the last 10 days one thousand, five hundred and eight, in the past 30 days three thousand, three hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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