Minor earthquake: M3.0999999 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.0999999 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.40316772461 West, latitude 19.263500213623 North, depth = 32.490001678467 km. The 3.0999999-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:55 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv74590412. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74590412. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.490001678467 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 21:27:55 / January 12, 2025 @ 9:27 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.0999999 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.40316772461° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.263500213623° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.490001678467 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-12 21:27:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-12 21:31:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		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	148	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02641	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.129999995 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv74590412	Id of event.
Event Code	74590412	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74590412,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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