Minor earthquake, 3.59 mag strikes near Pahala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Event id: hv71320967. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71320967. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.32 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 21:19:02 / January 6, 2020 @ 9:19 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:19:02 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34.32 km, -155.4148407° West, 19.2240009° North.

Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa.

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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-six 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.59 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.4148407° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.2240009° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km ENE 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	2020-01-06 21:19:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-06 21:25:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	200	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	62	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02119	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	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	hv71320967	Id of event.
Event Code	71320967	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv71320967,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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