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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 52 km NE of Wailua, Hawaii


Earthquake location 21.238S, -155.841WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (mg/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Wailua in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 21:18:07 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 17.48 km (11 miles). Global time of event 21/04/15 / 2015-04-21 07:18:07 / 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 -155.841 West, latitude 21.238 North, depth 17.48 km, unique identifier, us200028ez.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Haiku-Pauwela (c. 8 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pukalani (c. 7 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wailuku, Waihee-Waiehu, Kahului.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.841° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.238° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km NE 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 07:18:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-03 09:09:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 17 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3 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 163 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,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 0.61 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 239 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 us200028ez Id of event.
Event Code 200028ez An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv60899531,us200028ez, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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