Minor earthquake, 3.27 mag was detected near Hilo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hilo in Hawaii on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 11:53:08 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 21:53:08 / December 27, 2016 @ 9:53 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.147995 West, latitude 19.6760006 North, depth = 10.46 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.46 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61535766. Id of event: hv61535766.

The epicenter was 9 km (5 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Waimea, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 8 km SW of Hilo, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.27 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.147995° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.6760006° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km SW of Hilo, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-27 21:53:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-27 21:59:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	165	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06905	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	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	hv61535766	Id of event.
Event Code	61535766	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61535766,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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