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Minor earthquake 2.86 mag, 8 km N of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii


Earthquake location 21.0001667S, -156.2918333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Haiku-Pauwela in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -156.2918333 West, latitude 21.0001667 North, depth = 26.311 km. The temblor was reported at 10:02:21 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 20:02:21 / June 8, 2016 @ 8:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.311 km (16 miles). Event id: hv61291446. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61291446.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lahaina, Napili-Honokowai, Kīhei (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lahaina (c. 11 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km N of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.2918333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.0001667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.311 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km N of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-08 20:02:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-08 21:50:48 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 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 126 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1622 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 215 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 hv61291446 Id of event.
Event Code 61291446 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61291446, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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