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Minor earthquake: M2.92 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.288166046143S, -155.23199462891WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 06:40:44 / August 7, 2024 @ 6:40 am. Exact location, longitude -155.23199462891° West, latitude 19.288166046143° North, depth = 1.1399999856949 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74388871. Id of event: hv74388871. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.1399999856949 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:40:44 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.23199462891° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.288166046143° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.1399999856949 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 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 2024-08-07 06:40:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 06:43:21 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 131 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.009788 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.239999995 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 hv74388871 Id of event.
Event Code 74388871 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74388871, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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