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Minor earthquake, 3.18 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3798332S, -155.2429962WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.01 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:01:02 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 10:01:02 / October 21, 2017 @ 10:01 am. Exact location of event, depth 2.01 km, -155.2429962° West, 19.3798332° North. Event id: hv61951281. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61951281.

Event epicenter was 42 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-eight 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2429962° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3798332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km 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 2017-10-21 10:01:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-21 10:07:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 156 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.006628 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 hv61951281 Id of event.
Event Code 61951281 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61951281, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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