Minor earthquake, 2.98000002 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98000002 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Event id: hv72290837. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72290837. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/20 / 2020-12-19 03:24:43 / December 19, 2020 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.25866699219 West, latitude 19.395833969116 North, depth = 1.1399999856949 km. The temblor was detected at 03:24:43 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.1399999856949 km (1 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.98000002 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.25866699219° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.395833969116° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.1399999856949 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSW 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	2020-12-19 03:24:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-19 03:28:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	137	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	38	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	0.189999998 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48	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	hv72290837	Id of event.
Event Code	72290837	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72290837,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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