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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3110008S, -155.2206726WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event id: hv70116581. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70116581. The temblor was detected at 12:42:42 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.51 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 22:42:42 / May 4, 2018 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 6.51 km, -155.2206726° West, 19.3110008° North.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2206726° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3110008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km S of Volcano, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-04 22:42:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-04 22:56:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.56 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 319 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02985 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 hv70116581 Id of event.
Event Code 70116581 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70116581, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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