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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Leilani Estates in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.2452S, -154.9041WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 23:52:15 / May 10, 2018 @ 11:52 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70143012, us1000e2hn. Unique identifier: us1000e2hn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -154.9041 West, latitude 19.2452 North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:52:15 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.9041° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2452° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km S 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 2018-05-10 23:52:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-11 00:21:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 72 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.9 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 307 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,hv,us, 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 0.209 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 us1000e2hn Id of event.
Event Code 1000e2hn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70143012,us1000e2hn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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