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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag strikes near Pahala in Hawaii

Posted by admin on August 20, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.125S, -155.4743347WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/19 / 2019-08-20 12:46:52 / August 20, 2019 @ 12:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.09 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.4743347 West, latitude 19.125 North, depth = 3.09 km. Event id: hv71097887. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71097887. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:46:52 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hilo, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km S of Pahala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4743347° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km S 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 2019-08-20 12:46:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-20 12:52:32 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 138 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1794 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 224 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 hv71097887 Id of event.
Event Code 71097887 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71097887, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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