Light earthquake: M4.5 quake strikes near Kalaoa in Hawaii

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (mg/mb) has striked on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Kalaoa in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 03:23:52 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 05/04/15 / 2015-04-05 13:23:52 / April 5, 2015 @ 1:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -156.1013 West, latitude 19.7483 North, depth 10 km, unique identifier, hv60887176.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.1013° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.7483° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-04-05 13:23:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-04-05 16:08:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	161	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.54	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	373	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,us,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	0.25152828	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	244.8	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	hv60887176	Id of event.
Event Code	60887176	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt15095000,us10001u3y,hv60887176,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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