Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.23916625977 West, latitude 19.381332397461 North, depth = 2.1199998855591 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.1199998855591 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 23:18:42 / November 30, 2024 @ 11:18 pm. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:18:42 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74548807. Id of event: hv74548807.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.23916625977° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.381332397461° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.1199998855591 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km S 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	2024-11-30 23:18:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-30 23:23:19	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	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	53	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.007843	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.310000002 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	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	hv74548807	Id of event.
Event Code	74548807	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74548807,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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