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Minor earthquake 3.97 mag, 44 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 18.869833S, -155.2411652WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 01:39:52 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2411652 West, latitude 18.869833 North, depth = 12.37 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 11:39:52 / October 14, 2018 @ 11:39 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70651692. Id of event: hv70651692. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.37 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 44 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2411652° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.869833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SE 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 2018-10-14 11:39:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-14 11:46:04 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 1 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 242 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3527 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 254 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 hv70651692 Id of event.
Event Code 70651692 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70651692, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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