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Minor earthquake, 3 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3918S, -155.2727WA minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2727 West, latitude 19.3918 North, depth = 6.152 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.152 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:51:14 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzcz. Unique identifier: us6000mzcz. Global time and date of event 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 03:51:14 / May 18, 2024 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2727° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3918° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.152 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SW 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 2024-05-18 03:51:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 03:57:42 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 reviewed 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 138 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.033 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000mzcz Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzcz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzcz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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