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Light earthquake 4.65 mag, 21 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3251667S, -154.7731628WA light earthquake magnitude 4.65 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -154.7731628° West, 19.3251667° North, depth 10.01 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.01 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 01:20:27 / May 5, 2018 @ 1:20 am. The 4.65-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:20:27 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70117211. Event ids that are associated: pt18125051, hv70117211. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.65 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.7731628° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3251667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SE 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 2018-05-05 01:20:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-05 01:26:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 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 333 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1889 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 281 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 hv70117211 Id of event.
Event Code 70117211 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18125051,hv70117211, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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