Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv74358556. Unique identifier: hv74358556. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.20500183106 West, latitude 19.358999252319 North, depth = 1.2999999523163 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:40:44 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.2999999523163 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 07:40:44 / July 24, 2024 @ 7:40 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 SSE of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.20500183106° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.358999252319° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.2999999523163 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	2024-07-24 07:40:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-24 07:43:45	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	129	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01774	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.209999993 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	hv74358556	Id of event.
Event Code	74358556	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74358556,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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