Earthquake: M 2.6 quake strikes near Captain Cook in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.6 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Captain Cook in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 04:37:15 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 8.3 km (5 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-17 02:37:15 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -155.9883 West, latitude 19.507 North, depth 8.3 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.9883° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.507° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-02-17 02:37:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-02-17 02:43:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	104	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07186522	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	244.799980416	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	hv60853431	Id of event.
Event Code	60853431	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	hv60853431	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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