Minor earthquake, 2.96000004 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96000004 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/20 / 2020-10-19 00:12:57 / October 19, 2020 @ 12:12 am. The temblor was reported at 00:12:57 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.34000000357628 km (-0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.28984069824 West, latitude 19.413665771484 North, depth = -0.34000000357628 km. Id of earthquake: hv72186841. Event ids that are associated: hv72186841.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96000004 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.28984069824° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.413665771484° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.34000000357628 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 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	2020-10-19 00:12:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-19 00:16:17	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	135	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	30	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	0.230000004 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	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	hv72186841	Id of event.
Event Code	72186841	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72186841,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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