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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag was detected near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2563324S, -155.5511627WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.26 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv61500261. Unique identifier: hv61500261. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:08:53 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.26 km, -155.5511627° West, 19.2563324° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/11/16 / 2016-11-29 19:08:53 / November 29, 2016 @ 7:08 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kalaoa.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km NW of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5511627° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2563324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NW 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 2016-11-29 19:08:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-29 19:14:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 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 138 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04993 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 hv61500261 Id of event.
Event Code 61500261 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61500261, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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