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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

Posted by admin on July 21, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.402S, -155.2861667WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Event id: hv70456682. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70456682. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 19:43:28 / July 21, 2018 @ 7:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2861667 West, latitude 19.402 North, depth = -1.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.1 km (-1 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:43:28 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 ten, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days three thousand, nine hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.2861667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.402° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.1 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 2018-07-21 19:43:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-21 20:52:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 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 454 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01354 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 hv70456682 Id of event.
Event Code 70456682 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv70456682, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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