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Light earthquake, 4.08 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 18.7503338S, -155.2188263WA light earthquake magnitude 4.08 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2188263° West, 18.7503338° North, depth 16.92 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.92 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 14:33:30 / August 22, 2019 @ 2:33 pm. The temblor was picked up at 04:33:30 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv71101342. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71101342, pt19234050. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 57 km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2188263° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7503338° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km SSE 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 2019-08-22 14:33:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-22 14:44:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.814 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 259 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,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 64 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 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 273 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 hv71101342 Id of event.
Event Code 71101342 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71101342,pt19234050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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