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Strong earthquake just to the south of the Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 18:19

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Update 00:53 UTC : MMI shaking at the most important cities

Update 00:51 UTC : Weak to moderate earthquakes are normal in Hawaii and especially around the Big Island, but a strong one like today’s is rather uncommon.

Update 00:49 UTC : The epicenter is less than a dozen miles southeast of the Loihi Seamount, the active volcano being built on the seafloor off the Ka`u coast. The depth of the hypocenter is excluding however a direct link to magmatic activity

Update 00:45 UTC : USGS expects a maximum light MMI IV shaking and thats really good news

Update 00:42 UTC : The Hawaii earthquake has been updated to a Magnitude of 5.6, unusually strong for the Islands. Aftershocks are starting to occur. The depth however is 25 miles or 40 km and thats a depth (if true) that we can rule out any damage or injuries.

A strong earthquake happened just south of Hawaii, Hawaii and was felt all over the Islands

53km (33mi) SE of Pahala, Hawaii
77km (48mi) S of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii
91km (57mi) S of Hilo, Hawaii
126km (78mi) SE of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
394km (245mi) SE of Honolulu, Hawaii

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.2

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-06-05 00:12:40

Depth (Hypocenter) : 16.1 km

Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
USGS	Island Of Hawaii, Hawaii	Jun 05 00:17 AM	2.9	1	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Island Of Hawaii, Hawaii	Jun 05 00:12 AM	5.1	20	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Hawaii Region, Hawaii	Jun 05 00:12 AM	5.2	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
Ocean View - Small shakes followed by a large shake. Kahului - Yes Molokai - very small vibration in house Kailua - I felt at weak shaking around 2:15 p.m. 6/4/13 Hilo - Severe jolt. Windows rattled. Could feel concrete floor vibrate. Honokaa - I was reall afraid Honolulu - On the 6th floor apartment, room began to shake weakly. Medals hanging on book stand also began to move and hit against each other. Wailuku - Sitting at office desk and felt some shaking Honolulu (Tantalus) - At around 2:18 pm, the house shook slightly for maybe 10 seconds Mountain View - There was an explosion and then shook. hilo - felt it before it happened Keaau - Shook my whole building! keaau - very strong shaking, windows rattled and felt like it lasted a long time. felt some after shocks too kailua/keauhou - 1 hard hit followed by smaller rollers Kailua - rolling about 3 seconds Ocean View - light shaking, then a little more shaking. Brief, about 5 seconds total Hilo - Short, approximately 4 seconds, side-to-side, with a rumble. hilo - second story office bldg downtown Hilo. Shook hard enough to make a lady screem Waipio Valley - just another day at the office in paradise Hilo - jiggled my office chair a little Wailuku - Light shaking only for a few seconds. Keaau - brief weak shaking, pause, short moderate to strong shaking with short weak shaking following Pahoa - spooky feeling Kamuela - second floor, steel main frame on concrete with wood subframing. If it could move it did. Strong swaying of walls. Honolulu - I felt my chair and desk were weakly shaking. kahului - Shaking Hilo - Rattled my bookcase and saw the water slosh in a flower vase. Keaau - It started with what felt like strong wind shaking the house then got very quite strong then stopped. No damage. Scared the dog. HILO HAWAII - SHOCK hawaiian homes waimea - felt small shakes then y a large shake. scary. Waikoloa - I felt two jolts kihei - I was sitting on my couch and I felt it shake Hilo Hawaii - Light strong shake quickly followed by a weak shake. Felt on 6th floor of a Banyan Drive building in Hilo Hawaii. Kailua - Very weak shaking for less than a second. At first I thought my dog had jumped off the couch. Waiakea Uka - I was inside on the toilet and everything started shaking. Honomu - Quick burst Ninole, Hawaii - 20 mile marker north of Hilo, strong rolling earthquake. keaau agg lots - some dishes above my cabinets fell on kitchen floor Kahului, Maui - I was on the second floor of an office building 333 Dairy Rd, Kahului. I felt 4 seconds of side to side shaking. Honolulu - eh the bugga was minah ova hea Hilo - was about 5 seconds earthquake Kona - I felt it 15min ago. Light shaking and then 20 seconds later more light shaking. hilo - just N. of airport - was sleeping it woke me, I thought it was a dream. Waiakea Uka in Hilo - One quick jolt followed by strong increasing shaking then subsiding slowly. Hawaiian Paradise Park - Started lightly like a brief but strong wind and then intensified. Scary, but brief..... Oceanview - Is the biggest one so far I have felt n Hawaii since being here a year and a half. Small dog was quite frightened. HPP Keaau - a very quick start to a Sudden B O O M and S H A K E. Then it was done. Almost like being dropped off a table. omaopio, maui - was lying on bed. all of a sudden bed started shaking. very weird feeling! Hilo, Hawaii - I thought a car bumped the house (unintentionally). Wailuku - My computer monitor was shaking. Kehena beach - one small bump followed by two seconds of light shaking Waikoloa, HI - I was sitting on the couch watching TV when the condo started to shake. I thought I was imagining it but then there was a message that came up on TV saying there was an earthquake and there will not be any tsunami warning. Ocean View - We received a nice jolt, then a rolling, rumbling shake, then some lighter wobbling, then a small aftershock. Wailuku - Light shaking for a couple of seconds. Keauhou - Woke me up from a nap, bed was moving. Honolulu, HI - Felt slight shaking on the 17th floor of my office building. Keaau/HPP - BOOOMMM SHAAAKE then it was over. the dogs did not like it. Wa'aWa'a - House on stilts rocked for 2 long seconds--creaky! kailua kona - none Haiku - 5 seconds of moderate shaking in the house. Puako - felt like a distant explosion went off and then a vehicle hit the house Waimea (Kamuela) - Started with slight shaking and continued with strong shaking and rattling of windows and items in house. Pahoa - The ground shook pretty good. I'd never experienced that before. Pahoa - felt like a freight train Hilo - felt a big jolt, heard rumbling and heard house moving. Holualoa - I felt light, steady shaking for about 30 seconds. Hilo - It started with light shaking, then suddenly heavier shaking, pictures were swinging on the walls, nothing fell off, lasted maybe 8 seconds, very scary! This was my first earth quake... Kona - Shook my desk pretty good kailua, oahu - I felt my bed shake. I wasn't sure if it was real or I was going a little crazy. Kealakekua - Could hear it more than "feel" it! Honolulu - I was on the 19th floor of a building, and almost all of us felt the shaking during a performance piece we were watching. It was enough for us to look around and become distracted. Pahoa - the whole building shaked lightly but very steady for approx. 5 seconds. but no damage. Honolulu - In the federal building downtown and felt a slow gentle swaying. Lived in Alaska for over 20 years and have been in my fairshare of earthquakes. This one was very soft maybe because the Federal building is so stout. kalaoa - one big jolt, a pause, then lighter shaking. Hilo - I was sitting on the couch with the windows open and talking on the phone, when my entire apartment starting shaking back and forth. Lasted maybe 5 seconds tops, was the first earthquake I experienced in my lifetime. The noise from surrounding buildings were pretty loud, that was the scariest part, the shaking not so much. Mahalo Hilo, HI - On 2nd floor of the County Building in Hilo, it was pretty scary wailuku, maui - could feel the ground shake and see the doors shaking as well. Kealakekua - A shake then another. First one really felt since moving here 5years ago. Honolulu - Filing cabinet in office was shaking. Honolulu - My desk, water bottle and computer shook for about 30 seconds. Im in Honolulu off of nuuanu Glenwood - Felt like the house was dancing. Knocked all the plants down on my lanai, nothing major. Hilo - On 3rd floor of Hilo Courthouse. Initially a small shake, then seconds later a very strong jolt. Hana - Was sitting on couch, felt the door in back of me sway, felt like a gust of wind came and lifted it up, but it wasn't windy outside. Hana - Moderate side to side shaking for a few seconds. Definitely noticeable pahoa - shaking east to west-light moderate Pahoa - Reminded me of Southern California!
USGS	Hawaii Region, Hawaii	Jun 05 00:12 AM	5.6	40	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Hawaii	Jun 05 00:12 AM	5.2	10	MAP I Felt It

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MMI II (Very weak shaking)	? People : Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
MMI III (Weak shaking)	? People : Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
MMI IV (Light shaking)	? People : Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building. Fittings : Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock. Structures : Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
MMI V (Moderate shaking)	? People : Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed. Fittings : Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate. Structures : Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
MMI VI (Strong shaking)	? People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily. Fittings : Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut). Structures : Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall. Environment : Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
MMI VII (Very strong shaking)	? People General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop. Fittings : Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings. Structures : Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged. Environment : Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
MMI VIII (Severe shaking)	? People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
MMI IX (Violent shaking)	? Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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