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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag was detected near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4230003S, -155.6156616WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.6156616 West, latitude 19.4230003 North, depth = -1.29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/18 / 2018-09-18 18:51:22 / September 18, 2018 @ 6:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.29 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:51:22 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70598632. Event ids that are associated: hv70598632.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.6156616° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4230003° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-18 18:51:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-18 18:54:35 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 134 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02308 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 hv70598632 Id of event.
Event Code 70598632 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70598632, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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