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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on June 8, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.413S, -155.283WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: pt18159050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18159050. Exact location of event, longitude -155.283 West, latitude 19.413 North, depth = 5.6 km. Global time and date of event 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 12:44:40 / June 8, 2018 @ 12:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.6 km (3 miles). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:44:40 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 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), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.283° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.413° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.6 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 2018-06-08 12:44:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-08 13:02:01 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 465 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 66 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 Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type Volcanic Eruption Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt18159050 Id of event.
Event Code 18159050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18159050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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