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Minor earthquake, 2.92000008 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.360332489014S, -155.20166015625WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92000008 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.20166015625 West, latitude 19.360332489014 North, depth = -0.54000002145767 km. The temblor was reported at 23:54:28 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv72290547. Ids that are associated to the event: hv72290547. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/20 / 2020-12-18 23:54:28 / December 18, 2020 @ 11:54 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.54000002145767 km (-0 miles).

The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). 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 Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and two 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92000008 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.20166015625° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.360332489014° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.54000002145767 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 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 2020-12-18 23:54:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-18 23:57:21 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 131 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 26 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 0.239999995 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 hv72290547 Id of event.
Event Code 72290547 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72290547, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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