Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:24:25 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 11:24:25 / July 2, 2018 @ 11:24 am. Exact location, longitude -155.272° West, latitude 19.3928333° North, depth = -1.08 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.08 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70352881. Id of event: hv70352881.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 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), 83 km (52 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Each 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 one hundred and thirty-three, in the last 10 days one thousand and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two thousand, five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.272° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3928333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-1.08 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km SW 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	2018-07-02 11:24:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-02 12:20:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.7	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	437	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.00296	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	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	hv70352881	Id of event.
Event Code	70352881	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70352881,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-155.272° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.3928333° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

-1.08 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km SW 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

2018-07-02 11:24:25

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-02 12:20:29

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

6.7

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

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

437

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.00296

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.16 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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

volcanic eruption

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

hv70352881

Id of event.

Event Code

70352881

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,hv70352881,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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