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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 24 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.207S, -155.9419WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.264 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 13:48:45 / May 18, 2024 @ 1:48 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:48:45 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mzg6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzg6. Exact location of event, depth 29.264 km, -155.9419° West, 19.207° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 24 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.9419° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.207° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.264 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-18 13:48:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 14:00:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 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 158 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.187 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 240 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 us6000mzg6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzg6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzg6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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