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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3782S, -155.257WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us7000ndvp. Event ids that are associated: pt24259050, us7000ndvp. The temblor was reported at 02:25:06 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 02:25:06 / September 15, 2024 @ 2:25 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.226 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.257° West, latitude 19.3782° North, depth = 2.226 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 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 (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.257° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3782° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.226 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 02:25:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-15 02:31:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 305 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 ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.016 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us7000ndvp Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndvp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt24259050,us7000ndvp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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