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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.405S, -155.281WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.03 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.281 West, latitude 19.405 North, depth = 0.03 km. Global time and date of event 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 01:58:13 / May 20, 2018 @ 1:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:58:13 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70165286. Id of event: hv70165286.

Epicenter of the event 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 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 0.03 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 2018-05-20 01:58:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-20 03:50:01 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 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 369 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 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 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 hv70165286 Id of event.
Event Code 70165286 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70165286, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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