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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.385833333333S, -155.24183333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.24183333333° West, 19.385833333333° North, depth 1.9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.9 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74553722. Id of event: hv74553722. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 11:18:13 / December 3, 2024 @ 11:18 am. The temblor was reported at 11:18:13 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.24183333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.385833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.9 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 2024-12-03 11:18:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-03 21:51:23 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 reviewed 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 132 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.008952 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 hv74553722 Id of event.
Event Code 74553722 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74553722, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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