Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag was detected near Fern Forest in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:44:27 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.8 km (5 miles). Event id: hv74591262. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjt0, hv74591262. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 20:44:27 / January 13, 2025 @ 8:44 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7.8 km, -155.07883333333° West, 19.3635° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.07883333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.3635° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-13 20:44:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-13 20:57:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.9	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.355	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	reviewed	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	131	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	,us,hv,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0389	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv74591262	Id of event.
Event Code	74591262	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pjt0,hv74591262,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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