Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag strikes near Waikoloa in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Waikoloa in Hawaii on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61483241. Id of event: hv61483241. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:23:43 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/16 / 2016-11-16 08:23:43 / November 16, 2016 @ 8:23 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.6950073 West, latitude 19.8708324 North, depth = 33.63 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.63 km (21 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.6950073° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.8708324° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-16 08:23:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-16 08:31:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	154	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	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	hv61483241	Id of event.
Event Code	61483241	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61483241,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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