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Minor earthquake 3.04 mag, 15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.330165863037S, -155.12767028809WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.039999961853 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:16:09 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/20 / 2020-11-26 21:16:09 / November 26, 2020 @ 9:16 pm. Event id: hv72247352. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72247352. Exact location of event, depth 6.039999961853 km, -155.12767028809° West, 19.330165863037° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.12767028809° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.330165863037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.039999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km S 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 2020-11-26 21:16:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-26 21:21:39 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 142 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 48 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 0.170000002 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 hv72247352 Id of event.
Event Code 72247352 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72247352, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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