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USGS hv70470502

24 Jul 2018, 17:41

5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 5.3 mw earthquake at 0.5 km depth.

Depth0.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii?

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19.414167, -155.282167

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
hv70470502
Coordinates
19.4141667, -155.2821667
Network
hv
Significance
437