Minor earthquake: M2.83 quake has struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Saturday. Event id: hv61698791. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61698791. Exact location, longitude -155.6503296° West, latitude 19.4729996° North, depth = 0.73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/17 / 2017-04-16 03:11:28 / April 16, 2017 @ 3:11 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.73 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:11:28 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 22 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.6503296° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4729996° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.73 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km E 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	2017-04-16 03:11:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-16 03:17:08	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	123	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	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0496	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.38 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	hv61698791	Id of event.
Event Code	61698791	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61698791,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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