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Minor earthquake, 3.79 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4113333S, -155.2808333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The 3.79-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:32:26 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/06/18 / 2018-06-05 14:32:26 / June 5, 2018 @ 2:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2808333 West, latitude 19.4113333 North, depth = 0.55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.55 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70235447. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18156050, us1000ej12, hv70235447.

Nearby 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 Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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), 81 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-four, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.79 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2808333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4113333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.55 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 2018-06-05 14:32:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-05 19:27:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 reviewed 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 232 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,us,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.007009 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 hv70235447 Id of event.
Event Code 70235447 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18156050,us1000ej12,hv70235447, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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