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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 11 km NNE of Wailua, Hawaii


Earthquake location 20.936S, -156.0808WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (mg/mb) has striked on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Wailua in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 21:18:15 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles). Global time of event 21/04/15 / 2015-04-21 07:18:15 / April 21, 2015 @ 7:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -156.0808 West, latitude 20.936 North, depth 14.9 km, unique identifier, hv60899531.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lahaina (c. 11 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lahaina, Napili-Honokowai, Waihee-Waiehu.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.0808° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.936° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NNE of Wailua, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-21 07:18:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-22 20:47:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 16 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 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 162 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 0.233562 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215.99998272 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 hv60899531 Id of event.
Event Code 60899531 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv60899531, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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