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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Posted by admin on June 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.4116667S, -155.283WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 0.84 km, -155.283° West, 19.4116667° North. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:26:13 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 16:26:13 / June 17, 2018 @ 4:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.84 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70280586. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000etzd, hv70280586.

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

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days four hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days eight hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.283° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.4116667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.84 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 2018-06-17 16:26:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-17 17:36:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 19 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.11 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 438 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 ,us,hv, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.006053 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 eruption Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70280586 Id of event.
Event Code 70280586 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000etzd,hv70280586, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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