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Minor earthquake 2.5 mag, 13 km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.0862S, -155.4412WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.5 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 09:29:26 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 44.3 km (28 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-05 07:29:26 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -155.4412 West, latitude 19.0862 North, depth 44.3 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4412° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0862° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-05 19:29:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-05 19:33:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 96 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1527136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190.799984736 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 hv60826776 Id of event.
Event Code 60826776 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS hv60826776 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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