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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on July 7, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4026667S, -155.2895WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.23 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2895° West, 19.4026667° North, depth 0.23 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:04:37 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 04:04:37 / July 7, 2018 @ 4:04 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70375466. Id of event: hv70375466.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby 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 Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2895° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4026667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km 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 2018-07-07 04:04:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-07 04:59:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 436 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01067 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 hv70375466 Id of event.
Event Code 70375466 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70375466, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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