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

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 09:16:03 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.56 km (-0 miles). Exact location of event, depth -0.56 km, -155.2663269° West, 19.4036674° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 19:16:03 / July 19, 2018 @ 7:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: hv70446752. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70446752.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.2663269° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4036674° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km 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	2018-07-19 19:16:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-19 19:24:57	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	4.3	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.005404	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	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	hv70446752	Id of event.
Event Code	70446752	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70446752,	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

-155.2663269° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.4036674° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

-0.56 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

4km 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

2018-07-19 19:16:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-19 19:24:57

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

4.3

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

0.005404

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

Root Mean Square

0.39 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

hv70446752

Id of event.

Event Code

70446752

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

Event IDS

,hv70446752,

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

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