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Minor earthquake 3.21000004 mag, 14 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.332166671753S, -155.13450622559WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.21000004 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii. The 3.21000004-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:09:31 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.1599998474121 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/20 / 2020-12-26 19:09:31 / December 26, 2020 @ 7:09 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv72301222. Unique identifier: hv72301222. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.13450622559 West, latitude 19.332166671753 North, depth = 5.1599998474121 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 14 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21000004 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.13450622559° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.332166671753° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.1599998474121 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 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 2020-12-26 19:09:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-26 19:12:45 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 159 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 52 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 0.109999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv72301222 Id of event.
Event Code 72301222 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72301222, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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