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Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Nanawale Estates in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4729996S, -154.7194977WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nanawale Estates in Hawaii on Sunday. Unique identifier: hv61438216. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61438216. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 13:44:27 / October 9, 2016 @ 1:44 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -154.7194977° West, 19.4729996° North, depth 12.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:44:27 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 12.4 km (8 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 30 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.

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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 20 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.7194977° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4729996° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-09 13:44:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-09 14:01:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.38 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 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 223 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1597 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 293 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 hv61438216 Id of event.
Event Code 61438216 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61438216, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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