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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2124996S, -155.402832WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 01:50:19 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 31.83 km (20 miles). Id of earthquake: hv71498552. Event ids that are associated: hv71498552. Exact location of event, depth 31.83 km, -155.402832° West, 19.2124996° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 11:50:19 / May 4, 2020 @ 11:50 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km E of Pahala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.402832° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2124996° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km E 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 2020-05-04 11:50:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-04 11:56:21 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 2.2 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 168 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02538 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 151 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 hv71498552 Id of event.
Event Code 71498552 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71498552, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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