Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag was detected near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:15:40 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.45533752441 West, latitude 19.41250038147 North, depth = 5.1900000572205 km. Global time and date of event 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 23:15:40 / September 15, 2024 @ 11:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: hv74462522. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74462522, us7000ne5e. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.1900000572205 km (3 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km N of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.23 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.45533752441° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.41250038147° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.1900000572205 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km N 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	2024-09-15 23:15:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-15 23:21:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	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	,hv,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04026	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.209999993 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	22	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	hv74462522	Id of event.
Event Code	74462522	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74462522,us7000ne5e,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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