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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4214993S, -155.2870026WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2870026° West, 19.4214993° North, depth -0.79 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 06:27:28 / May 23, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70183352. Unique identifier: hv70183352. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.79 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:27:28 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 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), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2870026° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4214993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km 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 2018-05-23 06:27:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-23 06:33:06 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.001545 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 hv70183352 Id of event.
Event Code 70183352 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70183352, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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