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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Pāhala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.264S, -155.4345WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 21:33:39 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.61 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.4345° West, latitude 19.264° North, depth = 36.61 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/20 / 2020-07-18 21:33:39 / July 18, 2020 @ 9:33 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000ar0d. Event ids that are associated: hv72050277, us7000ar0d.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4345° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.264° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-18 21:33:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-18 23:35:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.569 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 200 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,hv,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us7000ar0d Id of event.
Event Code 7000ar0d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72050277,us7000ar0d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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