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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.167667388916S, -155.49549865723WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.409999847412 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:46:30 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv74389696. Event ids that are associated: hv74389696. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 15:46:30 / August 7, 2024 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -155.49549865723° West, 19.167667388916° North, depth 32.409999847412 km.

The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventy-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 4 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.49549865723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.167667388916° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.409999847412 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 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 2024-08-07 15:46:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 15:49:08 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 121 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1373 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.100000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 238 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 hv74389696 Id of event.
Event Code 74389696 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74389696, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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