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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on December 8, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4078331S, -155.2779999WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv62000226. Id of event: hv62000226. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:20:03 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.68 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2779999° West, 19.4078331° North, depth 0.68 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 06:20:03 / December 8, 2017 @ 6:20 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2779999° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4078331° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km WSW 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 2017-12-08 06:20:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-08 06:23:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 22 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 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 hv62000226 Id of event.
Event Code 62000226 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv62000226, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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