Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake has struck near Keokea in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Keokea in Hawaii on Sunday. Global time and date of event 01/10/17 / 2017-10-01 10:38:20 / October 1, 2017 @ 10:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.282 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:38:20 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -156.4856667 West, latitude 20.3553333 North, depth = 14.282 km. Id of earthquake: hv61928636. Event ids that are associated: hv61928636.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napili-Honokowai, Haiku-Pauwela, Waihee-Waiehu. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lahaina (c. 11 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 41 km SSW of Keokea, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.4856667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.3553333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.282 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41km SSW of Keokea, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-01 10:38:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-03 05:51:32	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	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	122	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4587	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	174	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	hv61928636	Id of event.
Event Code	61928636	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61928636,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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