Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag was detected near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:02:44 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.420000076294 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74537912. Id of event: hv74537912. Exact location of event, longitude -155.49234008789 West, latitude 19.186000823975 North, depth = 29.420000076294 km. Global time and date of event 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 00:02:44 / November 23, 2024 @ 12:02 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SW of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.49234008789° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.186000823975° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.420000076294 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km SW 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	2024-11-23 00:02:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-23 00:06:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	136	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04174	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.150000006 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	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	hv74537912	Id of event.
Event Code	74537912	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74537912,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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