Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag strikes near Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 26 km ESE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii (16 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.91 km (24 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61311356. Id of event: hv61311356. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 00:37:23 / June 26, 2016 @ 12:37 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.5528259 West, latitude 18.9449997 North, depth = 37.91 km. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:37:23 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km ESE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.5528259° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.9449997° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km 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	2016-06-26 00:37:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-26 00:43:24	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	128	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	55	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1141	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	239	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	hv61311356	Id of event.
Event Code	61311356	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61311356,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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