USGS National-Strong Motion Program
Preliminary Corrected Peak Ground Acceleration and Velocity and Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration Values for
August 27, 2003, Volcano, HI Earthquake (posted 08/28/2003)
ML 5.0, 08/27/2003, 06:24 UTC, 08/26/2003, 08:24 PM HST, 19.325 N, 155.207 W, 10.0 km depth
Sta Inst Inst State: City; Recorder Location Owner Lat Lon Dist Az Ch Sensor Orient PGA PGV PSA at:
No type S/N     deg deg km deg No type deg cm/s/s cm/s 0.3 s 1.0 s 3.0 s
2836 Etna 1984 HI: Volcano; HVO Observatory USGS 19.420 -155.288 13.5 321 1 EpiSen 90 -18.6 1.9 5.44 3.780 0.2850
                  2 EpiSen 360 -25.5 2.9 5.05 5.740 0.3780
                  3 EpiSen UP 10.2 1.0 3.57 1.440 0.1220
2812 K2 1850 HI: Pahala, HI; Ka'u Hospital USGS 19.1999 -155.4723 31.1 244 1 EpiSen 90 35.1 1.2 5.06 0.884 0.0825
                  2 EpiSen 360 22.9 0.9 3.22 0.607 0.0530
                  3 EpiSen UP -17.6 -0.5 2.53 0.201 0.0252
2816 Etna 1986 HI: Pahoa, HI; Fire Station USGS 19.493 -154.947 33 56 1 EpiSen 90 -6.9 0.2 1.08 0.123 0.0276
                  2 EpiSen 360 10.4 -0.2 1.46 0.160 0.0190
                  3 EpiSen UP 4.2 -0.1 0.45 0.050 0.0077
2839 K2 1853 HI: Hilo, HI; Old Hospital USGS 19.722 -155.115 45.0 12 1 EpiSen 90 -30 -1.5 3.45 0.794 0.0597
                  2 EpiSen 360 22.1 -0.6 3.00 0.318 0.0280
                  3 EpiSen UP -22.9 0.7 1.86 0.154 0.0309
2818 K2 1855 HI: Hilo, HI; USDA Laboratory USGS 19.7222 -155.0974 45.5 15 1 EpiSen 90 -17.6 0.9 8.99 0.357 0.0364
                  2 EpiSen 360 -26.2 -1.3 8.12 0.527 0.0585
                  3 EpiSen UP -8.4 0.3 0.96 0.107 0.0300
2845 K2 1848 HI: Honaunau, HI; Post Office USGS 19.4174 -155.8805 71.5 278 1 EpiSen 90 25.9 -1.4 9.87 0.562 0.0410
                  2 EpiSen 360 -17.9 -1.0 5.34 0.392 0.0288
                  3 EpiSen UP -10.7 -0.5 3.07 0.427 0.0191
2833 K2 1849 HI: Laupahoehoe, HI; Post Office USGS 19.9835 -155.2326 72.9 358 1 EpiSen 90 -8.3 0.3 1.34 0.237 0.0270
                  2 EpiSen 360 -8.2 -0.6 1.50 1.450 0.0605
                  3 EpiSen UP 4.4 0.2 0.76 0.209 0.0471
2832 K2 1819 HI: Honokaa, HI; Police Stn USGS 20.0775 -155.4625 87.5 342 1 EpiSen 90 -5.9 0.2 0.67 0.129 0.0115
                  2 EpiSen 360 8.9 -0.3 0.74 0.196 0.0175
                  3 EpiSen UP -5 -0.1 0.39 0.136 0.0184
2810 Etna 1988 HI: Kailua-Kona, HI; Fire Stn USGS 19.6477 -155.9923 89.8 294 1 EpiSen 90 -5.8 0.3 1.75 0.236 0.0189
                  2 EpiSen 360 -5.3 0.3 1.20 0.219 0.0244
                  3 EpiSen UP 2.4 -0.1 0.60 0.088 0.0161
2825 K2 2000 HI: Waimea, HI; Fire Station USGS 20.0230 -155.6614 90.8 328 1 EpiSen 90 -16.8 -0.4 0.83 0.233 0.0172
                  2 EpiSen 360 18.4 -0.4 0.77 0.260 0.0156
                  3 EpiSen UP 7.3 0.2 0.70 0.127 0.0110