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Minor earthquake, 3.97000003 mag was detected near Kahaluu-Keauhou in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.477333068848S, -156.07983398438WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.97000003 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kahaluu-Keauhou in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.61000061035 km (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -156.07983398438° West, 19.477333068848° North, depth 104.61000061035 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: hv74464297. Event ids that are associated: hv74464297. The temblor was reported at 11:45:43 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 11:45:43 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:45 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Close 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 nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.97000003 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.07983398438° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.477333068848° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 104.61000061035 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km SW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-16 11:45:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 11:48:32 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 242 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3568 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.310000002 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 304 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv74464297 Id of event.
Event Code 74464297 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74464297, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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