Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag has occurred near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.49099731445 West, latitude 19.172332763672 North, depth = 32.689998626709 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.689998626709 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv74570997. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74570997. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 19:37:23 / December 19, 2024 @ 7:37 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:37:23 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.49099731445° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.172332763672° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.689998626709 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SSW 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	2024-12-19 19:37:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-19 19:40:15	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	125	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03207	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	93	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	hv74570997	Id of event.
Event Code	74570997	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74570997,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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