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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Kalaoa in Hawaii

Posted by admin on January 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.7434S, -156.1587WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kalaoa in Hawaii on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 18:21:53 / January 11, 2025 @ 6:21 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:21:53 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.275 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.1587 West, latitude 19.7434 North, depth = 40.275 km. Unique identifier: us6000pjfq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjfq.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.1587° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.7434° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.275 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-11 18:21:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-11 22:50:44 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 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 121 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us6000pjfq Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjfq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjfq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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