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Light earthquake: M4.22 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.22 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 20:03:07 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.26 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: hv72070977. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20214001, us6000b852, hv72070977. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/20 / 2020-08-01 20:03:07 / August 1, 2020 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -155.40933333333° West, latitude 19.235666666667° North, depth = 32.26 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 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), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 8 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.22 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.40933333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.235666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km ENE 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	2020-08-01 20:03:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-01 20:35:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	125	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.202	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	321	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	,pt,us,hv,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	56	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	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	hv72070977	Id of event.
Event Code	72070977	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20214001,us6000b852,hv72070977,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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