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Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3905S, -155.248WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.766 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.248 West, latitude 19.3905 North, depth = 2.766 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv60240378. Id of event: hv60240378. The temblor was detected at 06:13:43 / 6:13 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/03/17 / 2017-03-05 16:13:43 / March 5, 2017 @ 4:13 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.248° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3905° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.766 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-05 16:13:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-06 01:46:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 149 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network hv The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.005865 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv60240378 Id of event.
Event Code 60240378 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv60240378, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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