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Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag has occurred near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.242666666667S, -155.97483333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 13:48:46 / May 18, 2024 @ 1:48 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:48:46 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth -1.48 km, -155.97483333333° West, 19.242666666667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.48 km (-1 miles). Id of earthquake: hv74237452. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzg6, hv74237452.

Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua.

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 nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.23 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.97483333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.242666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, 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 13:48:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 21:14:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 161 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 ,us,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1021 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 223 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 hv74237452 Id of event.
Event Code 74237452 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzg6,hv74237452, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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