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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on July 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.3938333S, -155.2755WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 01:28:03 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70440367, us2000g7we. Unique identifier: hv70440367. Exact location, longitude -155.2755° West, latitude 19.3938333° North, depth = -1.09 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.09 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 11:28:03 / July 18, 2018 @ 11:28 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake 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), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 75 km (47 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 Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 -155.2755° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.3938333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.09 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 2018-07-18 11:28:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-18 12:42:04 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 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 8.6 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level yellow 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 652 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.002325 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 hv70440367 Id of event.
Event Code 70440367 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70440367,us2000g7we, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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