Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag strikes near Pahala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Thursday. Id of earthquake: hv61511931. Event ids that are associated: hv61511931. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:20:24 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.4756622 West, latitude 19.2199993 North, depth = 35.4 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 23:20:24 / December 8, 2016 @ 11:20 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hilo. The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 1 km NNE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.4756622° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.2199993° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km NNE of Pahala, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-08 23:20:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-08 23:26:08	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	131	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	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03581	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	hv61511931	Id of event.
Event Code	61511931	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61511931,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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