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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4372S, -155.2839WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.15 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:35:11 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2839 West, latitude 19.4372 North, depth = 7.15 km. Id of earthquake: us1000f2ud. Event ids that are associated: us1000f2ud. Global time and date of event 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 23:35:11 / June 26, 2018 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days one thousand and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one thousand, seven hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days two thousand, two hundred and five 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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: 4 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2839° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4372° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km 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 2018-06-26 23:35:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-26 23:45:33 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 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 121 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.017 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us1000f2ud Id of event.
Event Code 1000f2ud An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000f2ud, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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