Minor earthquake: M3.09 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:04:45 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.41166687012 West, latitude 19.201166152954 North, depth = 34.540000915527 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/21 / 2021-02-03 21:04:45 / February 3, 2021 @ 9:04 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.540000915527 km (21 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72340042. Id of event: hv72340042.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 7 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.41166687012° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.201166152954° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.540000915527 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km E 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	2021-02-03 21:04:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-03 21:10:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.835	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	147	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	55	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	155	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	hv72340042	Id of event.
Event Code	72340042	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72340042,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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