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Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near P?hala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.1355S, -155.5073395WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from P?hala in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 48.26 km, -155.5073395° West, 19.1355° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 11:02:41 / May 30, 2020 @ 11:02 am. The temblor was reported at 11:02:41 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.26 km (30 miles). Unique identifier: hv71535017. Ids that are associated to the event: hv71535017.

Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 8 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5073395° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1355° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-30 11:02:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-30 11:06:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 130 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1126 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv71535017 Id of event.
Event Code 71535017 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71535017, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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