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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Hawaii in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2416S, -155.4264WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii kilometers (0 miles) from Hawaii in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.14 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.4264° West, 19.2416° North, depth 36.14 km. Unique identifier: us7000alrn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000alrn, hv72039032. The temblor was reported at 01:21:30 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/20 / 2020-07-11 01:21:30 / July 11, 2020 @ 1:21 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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), 74 km (46 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), 69 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4264° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2416° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Island of Hawaii, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-11 01:21:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-11 01:45:06 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 reviewed 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000alrn Id of event.
Event Code 7000alrn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000alrn,hv72039032, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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