Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Pepeekeo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Pepeekeo in Hawaii on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71359212. Id of event: hv71359212. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 16:47:49 / January 30, 2020 @ 4:47 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.24 km (11 miles). The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:47:49 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2138367 West, latitude 20.0533333 North, depth = 17.24 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waikoloa Village, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

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

How would you describe the shaking?

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: 26 km NNW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.2138367° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.0533333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km NNW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-30 16:47:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-30 16:53:23	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	131	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6251	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	332	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	hv71359212	Id of event.
Event Code	71359212	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv71359212,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Pepeekeo in Hawaii

How would you describe the shaking?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information