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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.1933327S, -155.4306641WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:04:28 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.4306641° West, latitude 19.1933327° North, depth = 37.29 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.29 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: hv71287101. Event ids that are associated: hv71287101. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 10:04:28 / December 21, 2019 @ 10:04 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 5 km ESE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4306641° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1933327° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km ESE of Pahala, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-21 10:04:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-21 10:10:07 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 129 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1457 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 248 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 hv71287101 Id of event.
Event Code 71287101 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71287101, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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