Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag has occurred near Pahala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth 47.67 km, -155.4946594° West, 19.3915005° North. Event id: hv61800436. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61800436. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:59:20 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/17 / 2017-06-14 18:59:20 / June 14, 2017 @ 6:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.67 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km N of Pahala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.4946594° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3915005° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.67 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km N of Pahala, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-06-14 18:59:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-06-14 19:02:42	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	131	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	0.04028	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	32	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv61800436	Id of event.
Event Code	61800436	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61800436,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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