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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on May 5, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4218S, -155.3503WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:48:19 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 22:48:19 / May 4, 2018 @ 10:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -155.3503° West, 19.4218° North, depth 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000dyat. Event ids that are associated: hv70116611, us1000dyat. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Waimea, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 11 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.3503° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4218° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km W 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 22:48:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-05 00:03:33 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 6.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.71 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 364 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 0.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dyat Id of event.
Event Code 1000dyat An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70116611,us1000dyat, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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