Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag has occurred near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.479999542236 km (20 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/20 / 2020-11-07 03:37:20 / November 7, 2020 @ 3:37 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv72220702. Unique identifier: hv72220702. The temblor was picked up at 03:37:20 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.42565917969° West, 19.235332489014° North, depth 31.479999542236 km.

The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.42565917969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.235332489014° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.479999542236 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 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	2020-11-07 03:37:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-07 03:42:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	126	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	48	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	0.119999997 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	hv72220702	Id of event.
Event Code	72220702	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72220702,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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