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Minor earthquake 2.85 mag, 42 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 18.9101658S, -155.2173309WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Monday. Global time and date of event 11/05/20 / 2020-05-11 21:40:14 / May 11, 2020 @ 9:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -155.2173309° West, latitude 18.9101658° North, depth = 7.94 km. Unique identifier: hv71508682. Ids that are associated to the event: hv71508682. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.94 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:40:14 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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: 42 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2173309° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9101658° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SE 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 2020-05-11 21:40:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-11 21:45:47 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 125 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3364 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 259 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 hv71508682 Id of event.
Event Code 71508682 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71508682, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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