Minor earthquake 3.23000002 mag, 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23000002 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.31300354004 West, latitude 19.411333084106 North, depth = 2.0899999141693 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.0899999141693 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 23/10/20 / 2020-10-23 11:19:46 / October 23, 2020 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: hv72194136. Ids that are associated to the event: hv72194136. The temblor was picked up at 11:19:46 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.23000002 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.31300354004° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.411333084106° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.0899999141693 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 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	2020-10-23 11:19:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-23 11:23:00	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	161	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		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.300000012 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	71	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	hv72194136	Id of event.
Event Code	72194136	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72194136,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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