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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.419S, -155.212WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 05:51:06 / May 6, 2018 @ 5:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:51:06 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.7 km, -155.212° West, 19.419° North. Event id: pt18126051. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18126051. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.7 km (0 miles).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.212° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.419° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km ESE 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 2018-05-06 05:51:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-06 05:53:11 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 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 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 73 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 Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt18126051 Id of event.
Event Code 18126051 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18126051, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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