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Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.384166666667S, -155.23733333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.23733333333° West, 19.384166666667° North, depth 2.1 km. Event id: hv74401311. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74401311. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 04:34:54 / August 15, 2024 @ 4:34 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.1 km (1 miles). The 3.42-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:34:54 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.23733333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.384166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km S 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 2024-08-15 04:34:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 04:58:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 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 180 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 0.01099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 hv74401311 Id of event.
Event Code 74401311 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74401311, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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