Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2923333 West, latitude 19.3988333 North, depth = 0.08 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/18 / 2018-07-11 15:45:53 / July 11, 2018 @ 3:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70398031. Id of event: hv70398031. The temblor was picked up at 05:45:53 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.08 km (0 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-three, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.2923333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3988333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.08 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km 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	2018-07-11 15:45:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-11 17:08:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.4	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.008923	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	66	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	hv70398031	Id of event.
Event Code	70398031	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70398031,	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

-155.2923333° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.3988333° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

0.08 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km 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

2018-07-11 15:45:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-11 17:08:31

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

4.4

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

0.008923

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

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

hv70398031

Id of event.

Event Code

70398031

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

Event IDS

,hv70398031,

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

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