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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Posted by admin on May 24, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4046669S, -155.2916718WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 03:36:34 / May 24, 2018 @ 3:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2916718 West, latitude 19.4046669 North, depth = 0.48 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:36:34 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70186042. Unique identifier: hv70186042. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.48 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (25 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2916718° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4046669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km 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 2018-05-24 03:36:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-24 03:42:14 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 121 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01477 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 36 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 hv70186042 Id of event.
Event Code 70186042 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70186042, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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