Minor earthquake: M2.87 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 02:53:52 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv72185531. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72185531. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.030000686646 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.46533203125° West, 19.155166625977° North, depth 28.030000686646 km. Global time and date of event 18/10/20 / 2020-10-18 02:53:52 / October 18, 2020 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hilo, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

Did you feel the quake?

Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.87 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.46533203125° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.155166625977° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	28.030000686646 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-18 02:53:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-18 02:59:23	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	127	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.129999995 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	216	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	hv72185531	Id of event.
Event Code	72185531	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72185531,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Minor earthquake: M2.87 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

Did you feel the quake?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information