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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.4173333S, -155.2816667WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2816667 West, latitude 19.4173333 North, depth = 0.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.3 km (0 miles). Global time and date of event 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 21:56:39 / June 15, 2018 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: hv70272196. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70272196. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:56:39 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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 (23 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and six, in the last 10 days four hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days seven hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2816667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4173333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km 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 2018-06-15 21:56:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-15 22:25:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.9 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 435 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.002317 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mh The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type volcanic eruption Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70272196 Id of event.
Event Code 70272196 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70272196, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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