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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag was detected near Hawaii region, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4204998S, -155.263504WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Hawaii region, Hawaii kilometers (0 miles) from Hawaii region, Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 17:55:20 / 5:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 17:55:20 / May 15, 2018 @ 5:55 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.15 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.263504 West, latitude 19.4204998 North, depth = 0.15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70159322. Id of event: hv70159322.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

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 sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Hawaii region, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.263504° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4204998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Hawaii region, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-15 17:55:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-15 17:58:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 134 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.003497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70159322 Id of event.
Event Code 70159322 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70159322, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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