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Minor earthquake: M2.86 quake has struck near Waikoloa Village in Hawaii

Posted by admin on December 10, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 20.0536671S, -156.0976715WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Waikoloa Village in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 04:49:38 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 14:49:38 / December 10, 2016 @ 2:49 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.43 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -156.0976715° West, 20.0536671° North, depth 9.43 km. Event id: hv61514231. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61514231.

Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 31 km WNW of Waikoloa Village, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.0976715° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.0536671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km WNW of Waikoloa Village, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-10 14:49:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-10 14:58:18 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 126 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 272 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 hv61514231 Id of event.
Event Code 61514231 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv61514231, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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