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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag strikes near Pāhala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.130666732788S, -155.49549865723WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Sunday. Id of earthquake: hv74248996. Event ids that are associated: hv74248996. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/24 / 2024-05-26 18:05:11 / May 26, 2024 @ 6:05 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:05:11 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.49549865723° West, latitude 19.130666732788° North, depth = 32.54999923706 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.54999923706 km (20 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).

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 nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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: 8 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.49549865723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.130666732788° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.54999923706 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSW 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 2024-05-26 18:05:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-26 18:07:49 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 127 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1171 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.109999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 232 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 hv74248996 Id of event.
Event Code 74248996 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74248996, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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