Minor earthquake: M3.94 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.3 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 07:03:05 / July 15, 2018 @ 7:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:03:05 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.286499 West, latitude 19.3943329 North, depth = 0.3 km. Id of earthquake: hv70425252. Event ids that are associated: hv70425252.

Event epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.286499° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3943329° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km SW 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	2018-07-15 07:03:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-15 07:14:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.31	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	239	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	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.008284	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	hv70425252	Id of event.
Event Code	70425252	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70425252,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

3.94 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-155.286499° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.3943329° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

0.3 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km SW 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

2018-07-15 07:03:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-15 07:14:23

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

3.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.31

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

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

239

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.008284

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.32 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

hv70425252

Id of event.

Event Code

70425252

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,hv70425252,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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