Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag has occurred near Kihei in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kihei in Hawaii. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:20:06 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.38 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv61554246. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61554246. Global time and date of event 10/01/17 / 2017-01-10 00:20:06 / January 10, 2017 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.6976624 West, latitude 20.4038334 North, depth = 10.38 km.

Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Lahaina (c. 11 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haiku-Pauwela, Makawao, Napili-Honokowai (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km SSW of Kihei, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.99 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.6976624° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.4038334° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	48km SSW of Kihei, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-01-10 00:20:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-10 00:25:49	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	138	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	38	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	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	hv61554246	Id of event.
Event Code	61554246	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61554246,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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