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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3609S, -155.2175WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2175 West, latitude 19.3609 North, depth = 5.085 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.085 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:40:06 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000neuv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000neuv. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 13:40:06 / July 23, 2024 @ 1:40 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.085 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 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 2024-07-23 13:40:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 17:14:24 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 reviewed 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.013 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000neuv Id of event.
Event Code 6000neuv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000neuv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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