Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Hawaii in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii kilometers (0 miles) from Hawaii in Hawaii. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:05:16 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.89 km (24 miles). Global time and date of event 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 10:05:16 / July 17, 2020 @ 10:05 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000aq8v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72048057, hv72048052, us7000aq8v. Exact location of event, depth 38.89 km, -155.4162° West, 19.2472° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.4162° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.2472° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	38.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Island of Hawaii, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-17 10:05:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-17 15:58:10	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.01	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	reviewed	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	235	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,hv,hv,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	87	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	us7000aq8v	Id of event.
Event Code	7000aq8v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72048057,hv72048052,us7000aq8v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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