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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag was detected near Fern Forest in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.350666666667S, -155.10333333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii on Thursday. Event id: hv72319237. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d85m, hv72319237. Global time and date of event 14/01/21 / 2021-01-14 01:34:12 / January 14, 2021 @ 1:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5.84 km, -155.10333333333° West, 19.350666666667° North. The temblor was reported at 01:34:12 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.84 km (4 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.10333333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.350666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-14 01:34:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-14 02:20:41 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 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 124 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 ,us,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 49 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 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 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 hv72319237 Id of event.
Event Code 72319237 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d85m,hv72319237, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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