Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:56:14 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv74259526. Unique identifier: hv74259526. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 03:56:14 / June 3, 2024 @ 3:56 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2756652832 West, latitude 19.394166946411 North, depth = 1.3700000047684 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.3700000047684 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.2756652832° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.394166946411° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.3700000047684 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	2024-06-03 03:56:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-03 03:58:59	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	121	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.002252	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.189999998 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	hv74259526	Id of event.
Event Code	74259526	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74259526,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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