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Minor earthquake: M2.97 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.36549949646S, -155.20533752441WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth 0.51999998092651 km, -155.20533752441° West, 19.36549949646° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 23:14:00 / July 22, 2024 @ 11:14 pm. Unique identifier: hv74353561. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74353561. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.51999998092651 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:14:00 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.20533752441° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.36549949646° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.51999998092651 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SSE 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 2024-07-22 23:14:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 23:17:32 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01265 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.200000003 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 hv74353561 Id of event.
Event Code 74353561 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74353561, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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