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Minor earthquake, 3.13000011 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.395334243774S, -155.28199768066WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.13000011 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. Unique identifier: hv72294532. Ids that are associated to the event: hv72294532. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.23999999463558 km (0 miles). The 3.13000011-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:05:09 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/12/20 / 2020-12-21 07:05:09 / December 21, 2020 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.28199768066 West, latitude 19.395334243774 North, depth = 0.23999999463558 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13000011 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.28199768066° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.395334243774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.23999999463558 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW 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 2020-12-21 07:05:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-21 07:08:11 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 151 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 19 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 0.219999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 hv72294532 Id of event.
Event Code 72294532 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72294532, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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