Minor earthquake, 3.94 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.73 km (-0 miles). The 3.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:07:23 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2776642 West, latitude 19.3805008 North, depth = -0.73 km. Id of earthquake: hv70495007. Event ids that are associated: hv70495007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 22:07:23 / July 29, 2018 @ 10:07 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 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), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 82 km (51 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 sixty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.2776642° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3805008° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.73 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	2018-07-29 22:07:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-29 22:33:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.21	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	241	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.007115	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	56	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	hv70495007	Id of event.
Event Code	70495007	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70495007,	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

-155.2776642° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.3805008° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

-0.73 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

2018-07-29 22:07:23

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-29 22:33:19

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

3.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.21

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

241

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

0.007115

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

hv70495007

Id of event.

Event Code

70495007

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

Event IDS

,hv70495007,

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

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