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Minor earthquake, 2.86999989 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.506500244141S, -155.44982910156WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86999989 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/21 / 2021-03-07 22:42:22 / March 7, 2021 @ 10:42 pm. The 2.86999989-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:42:22 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv72376317. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72376317. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.2300000190735 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1.2300000190735 km, -155.44982910156° West, 19.506500244141° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86999989 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.44982910156° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.506500244141° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.2300000190735 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km WNW 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 2021-03-07 22:42:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-07 22:45:25 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 127 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 45 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 0.280000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 hv72376317 Id of event.
Event Code 72376317 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72376317, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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