Minor earthquake: M2.80999994 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.80999994 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 15:27:11 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74423382. Id of event: hv74423382. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.680000305176 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.50115966797° West, latitude 19.193500518799° North, depth = 31.680000305176 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 15:27:11 / August 25, 2024 @ 3:27 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 2 km WSW of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.80999994 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.50115966797° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.193500518799° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.680000305176 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km WSW of Pāhala, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-25 15:27:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-25 15:29:08	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	121	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05289	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	189	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv74423382	Id of event.
Event Code	74423382	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74423382,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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