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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3036671S, -155.363327WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:15:15 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/16 / 2016-05-19 00:15:15 / May 19, 2016 @ 12:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.7 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: hv61265786. Event ids that are associated: hv61265786. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.363327 West, latitude 19.3036671 North, depth = 8.7 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.363327° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3036671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NE of Pahala, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-19 00:15:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-19 00:22:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 129 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2042 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 310 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 hv61265786 Id of event.
Event Code 61265786 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61265786, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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