Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag was detected near Laupāhoehoe in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Laupāhoehoe in Hawaii on Tuesday. Event id: hv74243217. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74243217. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 14:37:30 / May 21, 2024 @ 2:37 pm. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:37:30 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 19.309999465942 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19.309999465942 km, -155.42832946777° West, 19.736665725708° North.

Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Kalaoa, Hōlualoa. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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 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: 34 km SW of Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.03 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.42832946777° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.736665725708° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.309999465942 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km SW of Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-21 14:37:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-21 14:42:41	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	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	141	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	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04694	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.159999996 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	hv74243217	Id of event.
Event Code	74243217	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74243217,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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