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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 7 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.232666S, -155.4111633WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.4111633 West, latitude 19.232666 North, depth = 31.32 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv71493712. Unique identifier: hv71493712. The temblor was reported at 20:46:08 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.32 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 06:46:08 / April 30, 2020 @ 6:46 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 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), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4111633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.232666° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.32 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 2020-04-30 06:46:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-30 06:51:43 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 121 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01378 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 135 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 hv71493712 Id of event.
Event Code 71493712 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71493712, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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