Minor earthquake 3.59 mag, 131 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was reported 131 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (81 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 13.96 km, -157.2066667° West, 19.3335° North. The temblor was picked up at 16:37:45 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 02:37:45 / December 26, 2018 @ 2:37 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70745731. Unique identifier: hv70745731. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.96 km (9 miles).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 131 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.59 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-157.2066667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3335° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	131km WSW 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	2018-12-26 02:37:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-27 02:11:13	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	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	198	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	74	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	237	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	hv70745731	Id of event.
Event Code	70745731	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70745731,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake 3.59 mag, 131 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

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