Minor earthquake: M3.09 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:59:46 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.3428345 West, latitude 19.4086666 North, depth = 2.73 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.73 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 21:59:46 / July 19, 2018 @ 9:59 pm. Unique identifier: hv70447252. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70447252.

Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Waimea, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 11 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.3428345° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4086666° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.73 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km 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	2018-07-19 21:59:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-19 22:05:26	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	147	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05028	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	169	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	hv70447252	Id of event.
Event Code	70447252	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70447252,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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