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Light earthquake, 4.34 mag was detected near Leilani Estates in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4424992S, -154.8751678WA light earthquake magnitude 4.34 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 14:23:37 / May 14, 2018 @ 2:23 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: hv70155947. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70155947. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.58 km (0 miles). The 4.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:23:37 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -154.8751678 West, latitude 19.4424992 North, depth = 0.58 km.

The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter 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).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 5 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.34 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -154.8751678° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4424992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km ESE 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 2018-05-14 14:23:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-14 14:37:44 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 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.59 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 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 290 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03966 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 188 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 hv70155947 Id of event.
Event Code 70155947 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70155947, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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