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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2236671S, -155.4069977WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 32.08 km, -155.4069977° West, 19.2236671° North. The temblor was detected at 09:19:35 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71370952. Id of event: hv71370952. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/20 / 2020-02-05 19:19:35 / February 5, 2020 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.08 km (20 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and six 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. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4069977° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2236671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km 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 2020-02-05 19:19:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-05 19:28:09 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 2 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01643 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 142 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 hv71370952 Id of event.
Event Code 71370952 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71370952, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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