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Minor earthquake, 3.75 mag has occurred near Pāhala in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.28750038147S, -155.40016174316WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 15:32:20 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv74413611. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74413611. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 15:32:20 / August 20, 2024 @ 3:32 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.40016174316 West, latitude 19.28750038147 North, depth = 31.040000915527 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.040000915527 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.75 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.40016174316° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.28750038147° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.040000915527 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NE 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 2024-08-20 15:32:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-20 15:38:16 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 216 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04767 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.150000006 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 hv74413611 Id of event.
Event Code 74413611 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74413611, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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