Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2836667 West, latitude 19.4065 North, depth = 0.91 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:10:25 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70495012. Unique identifier: hv70495012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.91 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 22:10:25 / July 29, 2018 @ 10:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 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), 81 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and sixty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.2836667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.4065° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km 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	2018-07-29 22:10:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-29 22:48:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	434	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	0.01111	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	hv70495012	Id of event.
Event Code	70495012	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70495012,	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

-155.2836667° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.4065° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

0.91 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km 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

2018-07-29 22:10:25

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-07-29 22:48:46

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

3.4

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

434

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

0.01111

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

Root Mean Square

0.14 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

hv70495012

Id of event.

Event Code

70495012

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

Event IDS

,hv70495012,

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

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