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Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.414167404175S, -155.31533813477WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 23/10/20 / 2020-10-23 11:43:42 / October 23, 2020 @ 11:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.31533813477 West, latitude 19.414167404175 North, depth = 2.9000000953674 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.9000000953674 km (2 miles). The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:43:42 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72194221. Id of event: hv72194221.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.17 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.31533813477° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.414167404175° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.9000000953674 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km 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 2020-10-23 11:43:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-23 11:49:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.621 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 155 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 47 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 0.189999998 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 hv72194221 Id of event.
Event Code 72194221 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72194221, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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