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Minor earthquake 2.99 mag, 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.374834060669S, -155.23500061035WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv74412696. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74412696. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 10:29:46 / August 20, 2024 @ 10:29 am. The temblor was picked up at 10:29:46 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.23500061035° West, latitude 19.374834060669° North, depth = 0.18000000715256 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.18000000715256 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.23500061035° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.374834060669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.18000000715256 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 2024-08-20 10:29:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-20 10:32:29 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 138 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.005441 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 81 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 hv74412696 Id of event.
Event Code 74412696 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74412696, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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