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Minor earthquake 2.81 mag, 27 km ESE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii


Earthquake location 18.9308338S, -155.545166WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 04:16:38 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 37.56 km (23 miles). Global time of event 23/05/15 / 2015-05-23 14:16:38 / May 23, 2015 @ 2:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -155.545166 West, latitude 18.9308338 North, depth 37.56 km, unique identifier, hv60943931. Ids that are associated to the event, ,hv60943931,.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.545166° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9308338° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km ESE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-23 14:16:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-23 14:22:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1258 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 245 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 hv60943931 Id of event.
Event Code 60943931 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv60943931, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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