Minor earthquake: M3.17000008 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17000008 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 02:30:47 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.44200134277 West, latitude 19.205165863037 North, depth = 33.400001525879 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/21 / 2021-03-06 02:30:47 / March 6, 2021 @ 2:30 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.400001525879 km (21 miles). Event id: hv72374112. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv72374112.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17000008 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.44200134277° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.205165863037° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.400001525879 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 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	2021-03-06 02:30:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-03-06 02:34:00	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	155	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	0.140000001 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	128	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	hv72374112	Id of event.
Event Code	72374112	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv72374112,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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