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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag was detected near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.5161667S, -155.6621667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Friday. The temblor was detected at 08:04:03 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.6621667° West, 19.5161667° North, depth 4.11 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.11 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 18:04:03 / December 6, 2019 @ 6:04 pm. Event id: hv71265251. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71265251.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.6621667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5161667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km ENE 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 2019-12-06 18:04:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-07 02:45:05 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 reviewed 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 124 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03019 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 hv71265251 Id of event.
Event Code 71265251 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71265251, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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