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Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.391000747681S, -155.25666809082WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. All ids that are associated to the event: hv74447441. Unique identifier: hv74447441. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:30:24 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 20:30:24 / September 7, 2024 @ 8:30 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.0599999427795 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.25666809082 West, latitude 19.391000747681 North, depth = 1.0599999427795 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SSW 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 -155.25666809082° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.391000747681° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.0599999427795 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 2024-09-07 20:30:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 20:33:16 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.007444 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.170000002 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 hv74447441 Id of event.
Event Code 74447441 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74447441, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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