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Minor earthquake 3.8 mag, 23 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.224S, -155.9207WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us7000n88a. Event ids that are associated: us7000n88a. Exact location, longitude -155.9207° West, latitude 19.224° North, depth = 25.177 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 13:52:10 / August 20, 2024 @ 1:52 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:52:10 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.177 km (16 miles).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.9207° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.224° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.177 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 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 2024-08-20 13:52:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-20 16:30:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.617 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 226 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 us7000n88a Id of event.
Event Code 7000n88a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n88a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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