Minor earthquake: M3.27999997 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27999997 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.4299998283386 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74485927. Id of event: hv74485927. The temblor was picked up at 20:52:38 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.29400634766° West, 19.413999557495° North, depth 6.4299998283386 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 20:52:38 / October 2, 2024 @ 8:52 pm.

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.27999997 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.29400634766° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.413999557495° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.4299998283386 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km WSW 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	2024-10-02 20:52:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-02 20:54:42	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	166	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.007437	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	68	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	hv74485927	Id of event.
Event Code	74485927	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74485927,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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