Minor earthquake: M2.88 quake has struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.277 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/02/17 / 2017-02-03 20:07:32 / February 3, 2017 @ 8:07 pm. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:07:32 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.277 km, -155.6246667° West, 19.5186667° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61591556. Id of event: hv61591556.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 26 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.6246667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.5186667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.277 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-03 20:07:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-03 21:18:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	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	reviewed	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	128	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	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0289	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	hv61591556	Id of event.
Event Code	61591556	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61591556,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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