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Minor earthquake 3.25 mag, 15 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.8265S, -155.7073333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Waikoloa in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.7073333 West, latitude 19.8265 North, depth = 9.53 km. The 3.25-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:09:54 / 3:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv71154677. Ids that are associated to the event: hv71154677. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.53 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/09/19 / 2019-09-22 13:09:54 / September 22, 2019 @ 1:09 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo, Kailua (min 5000 pop).

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.7073333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.8265° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-22 13:09:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-23 19:28:47 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 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 162 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05582 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 108 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 hv71154677 Id of event.
Event Code 71154677 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv71154677, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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