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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag strikes near Pāhala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.216499328613S, -155.36383056641WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv72377857. Event ids that are associated: hv72377857. Exact location of event, longitude -155.36383056641 West, latitude 19.216499328613 North, depth = 32.20000076294 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.20000076294 km (20 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/21 / 2021-03-09 09:05:53 / March 9, 2021 @ 9:05 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:05:53 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 12 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.36383056641° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.216499328613° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.20000076294 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 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 2021-03-09 09:05:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-09 09:11:24 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 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 0.150000006 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 hv72377857 Id of event.
Event Code 72377857 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv72377857, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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