Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag has occurred near Waikoloa Village in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Waikoloa Village in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.9061737 West, latitude 19.8803329 North, depth = 16.29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/03/17 / 2017-03-18 04:09:21 / March 18, 2017 @ 4:09 am. The temblor was reported at 18:09:21 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.29 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv61649421. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61649421.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Waimea, Kailua. Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (18 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SW of Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.41 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.9061737° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.8803329° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km SW 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	2017-03-18 04:09:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-18 04:20:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	12	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	183	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	65	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	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	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	hv61649421	Id of event.
Event Code	61649421	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61649421,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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