Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag was detected near Pepeekeo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Pepeekeo in Hawaii on Tuesday. Unique identifier: hv61118691. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61118691. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.24 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.3781738° West, 19.807333° North, depth 26.24 km. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:01:56 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 19:01:56 / December 1, 2015 @ 7:01 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Kalaoa, Hōlualoa.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km W of Pepeekeo, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.3781738° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.807333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km W of Pepeekeo, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-01 19:01:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-01 19:08:22	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	134	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	0.07971	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	83	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	hv61118691	Id of event.
Event Code	61118691	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61118691,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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