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Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.37166595459S, -155.21600341797WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.21600341797 West, latitude 19.37166595459 North, depth = 1.6900000572205 km. Global time and date of event 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 06:39:42 / July 9, 2024 @ 6:39 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.6900000572205 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74323661. Id of event: hv74323661. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:39:42 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.21600341797° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.37166595459° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.6900000572205 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSE 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 2024-07-09 06:39:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-09 06:45:15 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 2.7 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.002161 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.239999995 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 hv74323661 Id of event.
Event Code 74323661 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74323661, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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