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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.375999450684S, -155.21449279785WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.21449279785 West, latitude 19.375999450684 North, depth = 1.75 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.75 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: hv74360051. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74360051. The temblor was detected at 18:48:16 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 18:48:16 / July 24, 2024 @ 6:48 pm.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 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).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.21449279785° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.375999450684° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 2024-07-24 18:48:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-24 18:53:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.002399 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.280000001 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 hv74360051 Id of event.
Event Code 74360051 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74360051, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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