Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag strikes near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.46 km (17 miles). The 3.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:39:51 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 04:39:51 / May 15, 2024 @ 4:39 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74231257, us6000mynx. Id of event: hv74231257. Exact location, longitude -155.34° West, latitude 19.1825° North, depth = 27.46 km.

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.41 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.34° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1825° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 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	2024-05-15 04:39:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-16 04:41:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.694	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	reviewed	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	180	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07711	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	175	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	hv74231257	Id of event.
Event Code	74231257	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74231257,us6000mynx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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