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Light earthquake: M4.98 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on May 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.405S, -155.281WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70164442. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70164442, us1000e88x. Exact location of earthquake, -155.281° West, 19.405° North, depth 0.01 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.01 km (0 miles). The 4.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:15:30 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/18 / 2018-05-17 04:15:30 / May 17, 2018 @ 4:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 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), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.281° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.405° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km 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 2018-05-17 04:15:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-19 22:10:26 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 4.69 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 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 382 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.006997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type volcanic explosion Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70164442 Id of event.
Event Code 70164442 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70164442,us1000e88x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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