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Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.427S, -155.402832WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70157067. Unique identifier: hv70157067. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:16:49 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.402832° West, 19.427° North, depth 6.08 km. Global time and date of event 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 01:16:49 / May 15, 2018 @ 1:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.08 km (4 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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. 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: 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.402832° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.427° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km 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 2018-05-15 01:16:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-15 01:22:25 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 137 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06771 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 hv70157067 Id of event.
Event Code 70157067 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70157067, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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