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Minor earthquake, 3.95 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.430666S, -155.2388306WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.95 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -155.2388306° West, latitude 19.430666° North, depth = 0.93 km. Unique identifier: hv70122366. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18126050, hv70122366. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.93 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 04:41:02 / May 6, 2018 @ 4:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:41:02 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days one hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 0 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2388306° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.430666° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km 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 2018-05-06 04:41:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-06 04:47:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.7 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 243 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 ,pt,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01549 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 hv70122366 Id of event.
Event Code 70122366 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18126050,hv70122366, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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