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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.385S, -155.25983333333WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.25983333333 West, latitude 19.385 North, depth = 0.31 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.31 km (0 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:25:05 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: hv74460211. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt24259050, us7000ndvp, hv74460211. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 02:25:05 / September 15, 2024 @ 2:25 am.

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close 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 Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.25983333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.385° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 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 2024-09-15 02:25:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-15 02:38:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 31 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.767 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 300 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 ,pt,us,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.008062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 hv74460211 Id of event.
Event Code 74460211 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24259050,us7000ndvp,hv74460211, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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