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Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag has occurred near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii

Posted by admin on May 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5359993S, -156.3650055WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.36 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 16:44:12 / May 18, 2018 @ 4:44 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70170542. Unique identifier: hv70170542. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.3650055 West, latitude 19.5359993 North, depth = 7.36 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:44:12 / 6:44 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 40 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.45 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.3650055° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5359993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-18 16:44:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-18 16:55:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 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 187 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 42 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 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 hv70170542 Id of event.
Event Code 70170542 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70170542, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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