Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag has occurred near Kalaoa in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kalaoa in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 00:13:53 / December 22, 2024 @ 12:13 am. The temblor was picked up at 00:13:53 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.92 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv74572812. Unique identifier: hv74572812. Exact location of earthquake, -156.20316666667° West, 19.826666666667° North, depth 7.92 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa. Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.20316666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.826666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-22 00:13:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-22 06:41:12	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	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	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2458	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	248	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	hv74572812	Id of event.
Event Code	74572812	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74572812,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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