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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag strikes near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.6033333S, -156.4351667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.69 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:04:49 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70330641. Event ids that are associated: hv70330641. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 23:04:49 / June 27, 2018 @ 11:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.4351667 West, latitude 19.6033333 North, depth = 42.69 km.

Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). 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 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days seventy-two 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.4351667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6033333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-27 23:04:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-27 23:29:25 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 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 reviewed 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3973 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 307 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 hv70330641 Id of event.
Event Code 70330641 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70330641, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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