Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.1799999475479 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:53:29 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74359296. Id of event: hv74359296. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 12:53:29 / July 24, 2024 @ 12:53 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.20416259766 West, latitude 19.367000579834 North, depth = 1.1799999475479 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages 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). Epicenter of the event 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).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.20416259766° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.367000579834° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.1799999475479 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 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 12:53:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-24 12:56:09	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	122	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	44	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	0.140000001 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	hv74359296	Id of event.
Event Code	74359296	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74359296,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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