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Minor earthquake 3.17 mag, Hawaii region, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.5228329S, -156.5066681WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported Hawaii region, Hawaii kilometers (0 miles) from Hawaii region, Hawaii on Wednesday. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:15:02 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 11:15:02 / November 21, 2018 @ 11:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 15.06 km, -156.5066681° West, 19.5228329° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70698806. Unique identifier: hv70698806. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.06 km (9 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Hōlualoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Hawaii region, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.17 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.5066681° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5228329° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Hawaii region, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-21 11:15:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-21 11:20:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 155 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5571 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 239 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 hv70698806 Id of event.
Event Code 70698806 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70698806, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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