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USGS hv70116556

4 May 2018, 23:32

18 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii

A magnitude 6.9 mw earthquake at 5.8 km depth.

Depth5.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 November 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 18 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii?

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19.318167, -154.999667

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
hv70116556
Coordinates
19.3181667, -154.9996667
Network
hv
Significance
1392