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Strong earthquake, 6.9 mag has occurred near Leilani Estates in Hawaii

Posted by admin on May 4, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3702S, -155.0321WA earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70116556, pt18124051, us1000dyad. Id of event: us1000dyad. Global time and date of event 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 22:32:55 / May 4, 2018 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:32:55 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.0321 West, latitude 19.3702 North, depth = 5 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Kailua, Waikoloa Village. Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.0321° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3702° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km SW of Leilani Estates, 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 22:32:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-04 23:15:20 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 732 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,pt,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 0.051 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dyad Id of event.
Event Code 1000dyad An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70116556,pt18124051,us1000dyad, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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