Moderate earthquake: M5.21 quake has struck near Kalaoa in Hawaii

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.21 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kalaoa in Hawaii on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70907436, pt19104050. Unique identifier: hv70907436. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.7845001 West, latitude 19.7408333 North, depth = 16 km. The 5.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:09:02 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16 km (10 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/19 / 2019-04-14 03:09:02 / April 14, 2019 @ 3:09 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.7845001° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.7408333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-04-14 03:09:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-14 03:17:40	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	71	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.001	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	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	456	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,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv70907436	Id of event.
Event Code	70907436	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv70907436,pt19104050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.21 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-155.7845001° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.7408333° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

16 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

14km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-04-14 03:09:02

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-04-14 03:17:40

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

5.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

7.001

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

automatic

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

456

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,pt,

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

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

Root Mean Square

0.24 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

112

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

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

hv70907436

Id of event.

Event Code

70907436

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

Event IDS

,hv70907436,pt19104050,

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

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