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Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake strikes near Kapaau in Hawaii

Posted by admin on April 5, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 20.1292S, -155.8063WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kapaau in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 00:16:59 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Global time of event 05/04/15 / 2015-04-05 10:16:59 / April 5, 2015 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -155.8063 West, latitude 20.1292 North, depth 17 km, unique identifier, hv60887101.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.8063° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.1292° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km S of Kapaau, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-05 10:16:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-05 10:28:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.5 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 150 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3054272 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151.2 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 hv60887101 Id of event.
Event Code 60887101 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv60887101, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Teresa

    Kona Hawaii keahole area coast view subdivision,had earthquake around 3:30 a.m.,large enough to jolt the bed violently and wake me up….scared me enough to move the car away from the house

    April 5, 2015
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