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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4169998S, -155.2606659WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.69 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2606659 West, latitude 19.4169998 North, depth = 0.69 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:28:12 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 07:28:12 / July 30, 2018 @ 7:28 am. Id of earthquake: hv70496792. Event ids that are associated: hv70496792.

The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. 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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2606659° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4169998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km 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 2018-07-30 07:28:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-30 07:33:51 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 129 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.004944 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 hv70496792 Id of event.
Event Code 70496792 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70496792, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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