Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pt18136001. Ids that are associated to the event: pt18136001. The temblor was reported at 08:30:45 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.5 km, -155.282° West, 19.414° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.5 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 18:30:45 / May 16, 2018 @ 6:30 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.282° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.414° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km 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	2018-05-16 18:30:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-16 18:34:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.7	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	272	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	67	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	pt18136001	Id of event.
Event Code	18136001	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt18136001,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-155.282° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.414° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

1.5 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km 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

2018-05-16 18:30:45

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-05-16 18:34:59

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

3.7

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

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

272

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt18136001

Id of event.

Event Code

18136001

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt18136001,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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