Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag has occurred near Naalehu in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Naalehu in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.970000267029 km (7 miles). The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:18:06 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 11.970000267029 km, -155.22467041016° West, 18.881666183472° North. Global time and date of event 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 08:18:06 / November 2, 2024 @ 8:18 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv74520002. Event ids that are associated: hv74520002.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 42 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.22467041016° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.881666183472° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.970000267029 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-02 08:18:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-02 08:21:00	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	135	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	53	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.353	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.189999998 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	253	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	hv74520002	Id of event.
Event Code	74520002	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74520002,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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