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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Fern Forest in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.359167098999S, -155.11149597168WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii on Monday. Id of earthquake: hv72230907. Event ids that are associated: hv72230907. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/20 / 2020-11-16 01:21:42 / November 16, 2020 @ 1:21 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:21:42 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.11149597168 West, latitude 19.359167098999 North, depth = 3.7699999809265 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.7699999809265 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.11149597168° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.359167098999° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.7699999809265 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 2020-11-16 01:21:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-16 01:27:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 135 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 47 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 0.270000011 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 hv72230907 Id of event.
Event Code 72230907 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72230907, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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