Minor earthquake, 2.86999989 mag was detected near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86999989 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Sunday. Id of earthquake: hv72351282. Event ids that are associated: hv72351282. The temblor was picked up at 19:33:17 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 19:33:17 / February 14, 2021 @ 7:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 35.25 km, -155.42266845703° West, 19.212165832519° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.25 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86999989 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.42266845703° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.212165832519° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 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	2021-02-14 19:33:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-14 19:36:29	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	127	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	52	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	139	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv72351282	Id of event.
Event Code	72351282	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72351282,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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