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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.385000228882S, -155.24450683594WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:23:47 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74289751. Id of event: hv74289751. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 01:23:47 / June 24, 2024 @ 1:23 am. Exact location, longitude -155.24450683594° West, latitude 19.385000228882° North, depth = 0.36000001430512 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.36000001430512 km (0 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.24450683594° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.385000228882° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.36000001430512 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km S 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 2024-06-24 01:23:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-24 01:26:26 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 134 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.006442 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.349999994 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 hv74289751 Id of event.
Event Code 74289751 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74289751, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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