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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag was detected near Hawaii region, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4309998S, -155.2913361WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes Hawaii region, Hawaii kilometers (0 miles) from Hawaii region, Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.44 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:41:57 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70476742. Event ids that are associated: hv70476742. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2913361 West, latitude 19.4309998 North, depth = -0.44 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 00:41:57 / July 26, 2018 @ 12:41 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa.

In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and three and in the last 365 days four thousand, one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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. 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 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2913361° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4309998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.44 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 2018-07-26 00:41:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-26 00:45:06 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 121 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.009977 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 hv70476742 Id of event.
Event Code 70476742 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70476742, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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