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Light earthquake: M4.47 quake strikes near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.1421667S, -155.5976667WA light earthquake magnitude 4.47 (mg/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 02:18:48 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 9.72 km (6 miles). Global time of event 09/05/15 / 2015-05-09 12:18:48 / May 9, 2015 @ 12:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -155.5976667 West, latitude 19.1421667 North, depth 9.72 km, unique identifier, hv60922676.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.47 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5976667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1421667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WSW 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 2015-05-09 12:18:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-09 12:43:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 43 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 325 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1047 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 hv60922676 Id of event.
Event Code 60922676 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv60922676, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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