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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Fern Forest in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3671665S, -155.0868378WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 03:13:20 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.0868378° West, latitude 19.3671665° North, depth = 4.74 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71537452. Id of event: hv71537452. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.74 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/20 / 2020-06-01 03:13:20 / June 1, 2020 @ 3:13 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.0868378° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3671665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-01 03:13:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-01 03:19:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 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 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02181 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 hv71537452 Id of event.
Event Code 71537452 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71537452, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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