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Light earthquake, 4.01 mag has occurred near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4654999S, -155.5923309WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.5923309° West, 19.4654999° North, depth 2.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.39 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 06/09/16 / 2016-09-06 14:25:57 / September 6, 2016 @ 2:25 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv61400896. Event ids that are associated: pt16250050, hv61400896. The 4.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:25:57 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5923309° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4654999° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-06 14:25:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-09-06 14:37:01 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 5.68 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 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 247 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 ,pt,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 hv61400896 Id of event.
Event Code 61400896 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt16250050,hv61400896, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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