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Minor earthquake 3.11 mag, 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2933331S, -155.2369995WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:21:37 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.55 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv61922336. Event ids that are associated: hv61922336. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/17 / 2017-09-26 18:21:37 / September 26, 2017 @ 6:21 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2369995° West, latitude 19.2933331° North, depth = 0.55 km.

The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2369995° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2933331° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km S 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 2017-09-26 18:21:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-26 18:27:30 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 automatic 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01677 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv61922336 Id of event.
Event Code 61922336 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61922336, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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