Minor earthquake 3 mag, 70 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 15:57:31 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 26.12 km (16 miles). Global time of event 17/04/15 / 2015-04-17 01:57:31 / April 17, 2015 @ 1:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -156.6504 West, latitude 19.4795 North, depth 26.12 km, unique identifier, us2000277k.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Hōlualoa, Kailua.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.6504° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4795° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.12 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	70km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-04-17 01:57:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-04-23 23:36:12	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	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	138	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,hv,us,	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	0.723	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	222	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	us2000277k	Id of event.
Event Code	2000277k	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv60896786,us2000277k,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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