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Light earthquake: M4.36 quake has struck near Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii


Earthquake location 18.4235001S, -155.5171661WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.36 (ml/mb) was reported 76 km SSE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii (47 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.02 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.5171661 West, latitude 18.4235001 North, depth = 10.02 km. The 4.36-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:30:32 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 16:30:32 / December 18, 2016 @ 4:30 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pt16353053, hv61524671. Unique identifier: hv61524671.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 76 km SSE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.36 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.5171661° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4235001° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km SSE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-18 16:30:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-18 16:37:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.57 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 294 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 ,pt,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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 310 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 hv61524671 Id of event.
Event Code 61524671 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt16353053,hv61524671, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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