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Light earthquake 4.56 mag, 17 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.3296667S, -155.1046667WA light earthquake magnitude 4.56 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 00:24:19 / June 20, 2018 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.84 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pt18171050, hv70291696, us1000evzf. Unique identifier: hv70291696. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -155.1046667 West, latitude 19.3296667 North, depth = 6.84 km. The temblor was detected at 14:24:19 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days five hundred and seven, in the past 30 days nine hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days one thousand, two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.56 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.1046667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3296667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km SE 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 2018-06-20 00:24:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-20 02:01:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 157 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.24 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 373 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 ,pt,hv,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0493 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID hv70291696 Id of event.
Event Code 70291696 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18171050,hv70291696,us1000evzf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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