Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km WSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii (70 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -156.7316742 West, latitude 18.6455002 North, depth = 7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/16 / 2016-11-15 17:34:30 / November 15, 2016 @ 5:34 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv61482341. Unique identifier: hv61482341. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:34:30 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter).

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 has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 112 km WSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.7316742° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.6455002° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	112km WSW 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	2016-11-15 17:34:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-15 17:39:08	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	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.022	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	308	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	hv61482341	Id of event.
Event Code	61482341	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61482341,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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