A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.91 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70378741. Id of event: hv70378741. The 3.53-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:40:50 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 19:40:50 / July 7, 2018 @ 7:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2830048 West, latitude 19.4198341 North, depth = 0.91 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake 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 (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days eight hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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