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Minor earthquake, 3.79 mag strikes near Pāhala in Hawaii

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.25 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.4075012207 West, latitude 19.238000869751 North, depth = 33.25 km. Event id: hv72298982. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72298982. The temblor was picked up at 05:18:25 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/20 / 2020-12-25 05:18:25 / December 25, 2020 @ 5:18 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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), 60 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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	3.79 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.4075012207° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.238000869751° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.25 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	2020-12-25 05:18:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-25 05:25:10	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	58	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	241	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	50	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	134	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	hv72298982	Id of event.
Event Code	72298982	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72298982,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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