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Minor earthquake, 2.95000005 mag strikes near Captain Cook in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.346500396729S, -156.18099975586WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95000005 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Captain Cook in Hawaii. Event id: hv74474912. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74474912. The temblor was detected at 20:02:53 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.41000366211 km (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -156.18099975586° West, 19.346500396729° North, depth 117.41000366211 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 20:02:53 / September 23, 2024 @ 8:02 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95000005 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.18099975586° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.346500396729° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 117.41000366211 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-23 20:02:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-23 20:05:05 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 134 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.349999994 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 306 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 hv74474912 Id of event.
Event Code 74474912 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74474912, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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