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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2216663S, -155.4035034WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71326772. Id of event: hv71326772. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:14:16 / 6:14 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 16:14:16 / January 11, 2020 @ 4:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.71 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.4035034° West, latitude 19.2216663° North, depth = 34.71 km.

The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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 ENE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4035034° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2216663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km ENE 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 2020-01-11 16:14:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-11 16:19:51 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 128 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 hv71326772 Id of event.
Event Code 71326772 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71326772, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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