Minor earthquake, 3.00999999 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.00999999 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.710000038147 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: hv72165456. Ids that are associated to the event: hv72165456. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/20 / 2020-10-04 05:42:02 / October 4, 2020 @ 5:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.27250671387 West, latitude 19.423999786377 North, depth = 1.710000038147 km. The temblor was detected at 05:42:02 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.00999999 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.27250671387° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.423999786377° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.710000038147 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km 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	2020-10-04 05:42:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-04 05:44:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	139	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.289999992 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv72165456	Id of event.
Event Code	72165456	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72165456,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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