Minor earthquake: M3.53 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.77 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.1008301° West, 19.3303337° North, depth 7.77 km. The temblor was reported at 01:56:42 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70603737. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70603737, us2000hi3s. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/18 / 2018-09-21 11:56:42 / September 21, 2018 @ 11:56 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 18 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.53 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.1008301° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3303337° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km SE 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	2018-09-21 11:56:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-21 12:06:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.54	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	192	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05166	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	156	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	hv70603737	Id of event.
Event Code	70603737	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70603737,us2000hi3s,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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