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Minor earthquake, 2.83999991 mag was detected near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.567832946777S, -156.36717224121WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83999991 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Friday. The 2.83999991-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:41:13 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/01/21 / 2021-01-22 11:41:13 / January 22, 2021 @ 11:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude -156.36717224121 West, latitude 19.567832946777 North, depth = 16.10000038147 km. Unique identifier: hv72327747. Ids that are associated to the event: hv72327747. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.10000038147 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83999991 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.36717224121° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.567832946777° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.10000038147 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-22 11:41:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-22 11:45:06 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 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 124 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 46 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 0.180000007 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 264 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 hv72327747 Id of event.
Event Code 72327747 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72327747, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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