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Minor earthquake: M2.93 quake has struck near Honoka’a in Hawaii


Earthquake location 20.1033325S, -155.5534973WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.5534973 West, latitude 20.1033325 North, depth = 24.15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71156146. Id of event: hv71156146. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.15 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 10:06:45 / September 29, 2019 @ 10:06 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:06:45 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 8 km WNW of Honoka’a, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5534973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.1033325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km WNW of Honoka'a, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-29 10:06:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-29 10:11:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 132 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 63 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 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 hv71156146 Id of event.
Event Code 71156146 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71156146, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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