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Minor earthquake 3.38 mag, 9 km W of Volcano, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.421833S, -155.3281708WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.34 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:08:34 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 22:08:34 / October 27, 2016 @ 10:08 pm. Unique identifier: hv61459911. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61459911. Exact location, longitude -155.3281708° West, latitude 19.421833° North, depth = 7.34 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.38 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.3281708° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.421833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km W 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 2016-10-27 22:08:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-27 22:14:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 176 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03045 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 hv61459911 Id of event.
Event Code 61459911 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61459911, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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