Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag was detected near Kapaau in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Kapaau in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.64 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:01:20 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv61644531. Event ids that are associated: hv61644531. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.7983398 West, latitude 20.1200008 North, depth = 20.64 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/17 / 2017-03-15 08:01:20 / March 15, 2017 @ 8:01 am.

The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa (min 5000 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 seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km S of Kapaau, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.84 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.7983398° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.1200008° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.64 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km S of Kapaau, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-15 08:01:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-15 08:12:40	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	16	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	155	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	hv61644531	Id of event.
Event Code	61644531	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv61644531,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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