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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4106674S, -155.3093262WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.48 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.3093262 West, latitude 19.4106674 North, depth = 2.48 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:33:17 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv71309047. Event ids that are associated: hv71309047. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 05:33:17 / December 30, 2019 @ 5:33 am.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.3093262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4106674° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km 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 2019-12-30 05:33:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-30 05:39:02 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 125 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.009674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 hv71309047 Id of event.
Event Code 71309047 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71309047, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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