Minor earthquake: M2.97000003 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97000003 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 04:44:36 / June 3, 2024 @ 4:44 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74259701. Id of event: hv74259701. The temblor was detected at 04:44:36 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.28999999165535 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.28533935547° West, 19.399333953857° North, depth 0.28999999165535 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97000003 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.28533935547° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.399333953857° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.28999999165535 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 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 04:44:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-03 04:47:21	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	136	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01172	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.150000006 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	39	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	hv74259701	Id of event.
Event Code	74259701	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74259701,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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