Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.48 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.284° West, latitude 19.4145° North, depth = 0.48 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/18 / 2018-06-14 13:19:37 / June 14, 2018 @ 1:19 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:19:37 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70265441. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70265441.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.284° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4145° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.48 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km WSW 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	2018-06-14 13:19:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-14 15:04:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	7.2	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	434	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		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	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	volcanic eruption	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv70265441	Id of event.
Event Code	70265441	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70265441,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-155.284° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.4145° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

0.48 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km WSW 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

2018-06-14 13:19:37

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-06-14 15:04:45

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-600

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

7.2

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

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

434

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

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

sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

volcanic eruption

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

hv70265441

Id of event.

Event Code

70265441

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,hv70265441,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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