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Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4204998S, -155.2848358WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:55:09 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 10:55:09 / July 2, 2018 @ 10:55 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2848358 West, latitude 19.4204998 North, depth = -0.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.54 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70352796. Id of event: hv70352796.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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 (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one thousand and sixty-four, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2848358° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4204998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km WSW 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 2018-07-02 10:55:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-02 11:01:17 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 137 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.002864 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 hv70352796 Id of event.
Event Code 70352796 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70352796, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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