Minor earthquake, 3.17000008 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17000008 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 3.17000008-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:14:09 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/20 / 2020-10-24 15:14:09 / October 24, 2020 @ 3:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.3199999332428 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.31266784668° West, 19.421499252319° North, depth 3.3199999332428 km. Unique identifier: hv72197156. Ids that are associated to the event: hv72197156.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 40 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 (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17000008 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.31266784668° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.421499252319° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.3199999332428 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 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	2020-10-24 15:14:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-24 15:17:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	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	42	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	0.170000002 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv72197156	Id of event.
Event Code	72197156	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72197156,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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