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Light earthquake, 4.26 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.0431671S, -155.1654968WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.26 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 13:26:07 / May 6, 2018 @ 1:26 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.26-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:26:07 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 8.9 km, -155.1654968° West, 19.0431671° North. Id of earthquake: hv70123771. Event ids that are associated: hv70123771, pt18126052.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 37 km ESE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.1654968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0431671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km ESE 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 2018-05-06 13:26:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-06 13:38:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.13 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 281 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,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2433 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 233 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 hv70123771 Id of event.
Event Code 70123771 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70123771,pt18126052, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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