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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag was detected near Leilani Estates in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3933334S, -154.8296661WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.55 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -154.8296661° West, latitude 19.3933334° North, depth = 4.55 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70106976. Id of event: hv70106976. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 13:55:13 / May 2, 2018 @ 1:55 pm. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:55:13 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.8296661° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3933334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SE of Leilani 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 2018-05-02 13:55:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-02 14:01:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 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 125 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 290 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 hv70106976 Id of event.
Event Code 70106976 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70106976, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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