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Light earthquake 4.34 mag, 10 km E of Pepeekeo, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.8476658S, -155.0088348WA light earthquake magnitude 4.34 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pepeekeo in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv71084577. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19224001, hv71084577. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/19 / 2019-08-12 14:41:56 / August 12, 2019 @ 2:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.17 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -155.0088348° West, 19.8476658° North, depth 11.17 km. The 4.34-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:41:56 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Waimea, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km E of Pepeekeo, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.34 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.0088348° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.8476658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km E of Pepeekeo, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-12 14:41:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-12 14:53:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 49 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.792 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 309 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 ,pt,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 hv71084577 Id of event.
Event Code 71084577 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19224001,hv71084577, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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