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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag strikes near Pahala in Hawaii

Posted by admin on January 16, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.1854992S, -155.5204926WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.5204926 West, latitude 19.1854992 North, depth = 34.97 km. Id of earthquake: hv70771731. Event ids that are associated: hv70771731. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.97 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:47:27 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 10:47:27 / January 16, 2019 @ 10:47 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km WSW of Pahala, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5204926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1854992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km WSW 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 2019-01-16 10:47:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-16 10:53:11 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 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 133 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 hv70771731 Id of event.
Event Code 70771731 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70771731, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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