Minor earthquake 3.23000002 mag, 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23000002 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv74569677. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74569677. Global time and date of event 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 01:46:13 / December 18, 2024 @ 1:46 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:46:13 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.3800001144409 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.28033447266° West, 19.410999298096° North, depth 5.3800001144409 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.23000002 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.28033447266° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.410999298096° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.3800001144409 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SW 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	2024-12-18 01:46:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-18 01:48:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	161	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	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.007519	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.289999992 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	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	hv74569677	Id of event.
Event Code	74569677	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74569677,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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