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Minor earthquake, 3.59 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4158325S, -155.2801666WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 03:35:50 / July 26, 2018 @ 3:35 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2801666 West, latitude 19.4158325 North, depth = 0.28 km. Unique identifier: hv70477317. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70477317. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.28 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:35:50 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2801666° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4158325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km 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 2018-07-26 03:35:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-26 03:46:15 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 4.26 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 198 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.004132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 hv70477317 Id of event.
Event Code 70477317 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70477317, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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