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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Waikoloa in Hawaii

Posted by admin on November 16, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.9855003S, -155.7858276WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Waikoloa in Hawaii on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 04:12:55 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 14:12:55 / November 16, 2015 @ 2:12 pm. Id of earthquake: hv61104231. Event ids that are associated: hv61104231. Exact location, longitude -155.7858276° West, latitude 19.9855003° North, depth = 25.53 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.53 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa. Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km N of Waikoloa, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.7858276° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.9855003° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km N of Waikoloa, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-16 14:12:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-16 14:17:24 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 129 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 hv61104231 Id of event.
Event Code 61104231 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61104231, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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