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Minor earthquake, 3.64 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.381834030151S, -155.24650573731WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.64 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 19:22:25 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 19:22:25 / August 20, 2024 @ 7:22 pm. Id of earthquake: hv74414281. Event ids that are associated: hv74414281. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.10999999940395 km (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.24650573731° West, latitude 19.381834030151° North, depth = 0.10999999940395 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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), 84 km (52 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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 S of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.64 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.24650573731° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.381834030151° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.10999999940395 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 2024-08-20 19:22:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-20 19:26:54 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 2.7 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 204 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.005826 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 47 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 hv74414281 Id of event.
Event Code 74414281 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74414281, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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