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Minor earthquake 2.88 mag, 116 km WSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii


Earthquake location 18.748167S, -156.8231659WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 116 km WSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii (72 miles) on Friday. Event id: hv70146867. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70146867. Global time and date of event 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 20:10:02 / May 11, 2018 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:10:02 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.98 km, -156.8231659° West, 18.748167° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.98 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 116 km WSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.8231659° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.748167° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116km WSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-11 20:10:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-11 20:14:17 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 128 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 260 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70146867 Id of event.
Event Code 70146867 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70146867, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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