Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag was detected near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.6203333 West, latitude 19.4316667 North, depth = 3.402 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/16 / 2016-09-14 16:04:42 / September 14, 2016 @ 4:04 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: hv61411361. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61411361. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.402 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:04:42 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.6203333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4316667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.402 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-14 16:04:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-14 16:32:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	125	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02604	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	114	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	hv61411361	Id of event.
Event Code	61411361	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61411361,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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