Minor earthquake: M2.88 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.39266967773° West, 19.229665756226° North, depth 31.540000915527 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.540000915527 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/21 / 2021-02-09 22:28:37 / February 9, 2021 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:28:37 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72346182. Id of event: hv72346182.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.39266967773° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.229665756226° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.540000915527 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 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	2021-02-09 22:28:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-09 22:34:08	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	128	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	51	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	145	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	hv72346182	Id of event.
Event Code	72346182	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72346182,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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