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Minor earthquake 3.9 mag, 18 km S of Fern Acres, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3425S, -155.0633333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Fern Acres in Hawaii on Thursday. Id of earthquake: hv61064286. Event ids that are associated: hv61064286. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.0633333 West, latitude 19.3425 North, depth = 9.458 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/15 / 2015-10-16 06:41:50 / October 16, 2015 @ 6:41 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.458 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:41:50 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km S of Fern Acres, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.0633333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3425° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.458 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km S of Fern Acres, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-16 06:41:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-16 06:56:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 234 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05488 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 hv61064286 Id of event.
Event Code 61064286 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61064286, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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