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Minor earthquake, 3.37 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.399333953857S, -155.25199890137WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.409999847412 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:45:42 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.25199890137 West, latitude 19.399333953857 North, depth = 11.409999847412 km. Event id: hv72092236. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72092236. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 15:45:42 / August 16, 2020 @ 3:45 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.37 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.25199890137° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.399333953857° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.409999847412 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SSW 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 2020-08-16 15:45:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-16 15:51:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 180 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.150000006 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 hv72092236 Id of event.
Event Code 72092236 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72092236, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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