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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.5053329S, -155.2826691WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv71182756. Event ids that are associated: hv71182756. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.13 km (1 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:44:45 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 2.13 km, -155.2826691° West, 19.5053329° North. Global time and date of event 15/10/19 / 2019-10-15 02:44:45 / October 15, 2019 @ 2:44 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Kailua, Waikoloa Village.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2826691° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5053329° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NNW 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 2019-10-15 02:44:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-15 02:50:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04546 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 hv71182756 Id of event.
Event Code 71182756 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71182756, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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