Earthquake: M 2.9 quake strikes near Waimea in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (mg/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Waimea in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 02:57:00 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 21.1 km (13 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-16 12:57:00 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -155.678 West, latitude 20.1065 North, depth 21.1 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.678° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.1065° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km N of Waimea, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2014-12-16 00:57:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2014-12-16 01:03:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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		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	130	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09881468	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	161.99998704	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	hv60817666	Id of event.
Event Code	60817666	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	hv60817666	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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