Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.25733947754 West, latitude 19.385334014893 North, depth = 0.9200000166893 km. Unique identifier: hv74421421. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74421421. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 11:17:54 / August 23, 2024 @ 11:17 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.9200000166893 km (1 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:17:54 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.89 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.25733947754° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.385334014893° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.9200000166893 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SSW 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	2024-08-23 11:17:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-23 11:22:50	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	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.005695	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.370000005 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	hv74421421	Id of event.
Event Code	74421421	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74421421,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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