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Minor earthquake 2.83 mag, 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.327833175659S, -155.16917419434WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.3000001907349 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:35:58 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/20 / 2020-11-05 18:35:58 / November 5, 2020 @ 6:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.16917419434 West, latitude 19.327833175659 North, depth = 5.3000001907349 km. Event id: hv72219497. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72219497.

Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.16917419434° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.327833175659° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.3000001907349 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSE 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 2020-11-05 18:35:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-05 18:41:29 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 123 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 39 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 178 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 hv72219497 Id of event.
Event Code 72219497 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72219497, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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