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Minor earthquake 2.96000004 mag, 16 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.248832702637S, -155.33200073242WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96000004 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 13:12:52 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.040000915527 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv74532687. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74532687. Exact location of earthquake, -155.33200073242° West, 19.248832702637° North, depth 31.040000915527 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 13:12:52 / November 16, 2024 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 16 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96000004 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.33200073242° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.248832702637° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.040000915527 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km ENE 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 2024-11-16 13:12:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-16 13:14:39 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 135 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 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.109999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 278 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 hv74532687 Id of event.
Event Code 74532687 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74532687, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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