Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag strikes near Laupāhoehoe in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Laupāhoehoe in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.460000038147 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv74592587. Unique identifier: hv74592587. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 06:07:57 / January 15, 2025 @ 6:07 am. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:07:57 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.00883483887 West, latitude 20.422166824341 North, depth = 8.460000038147 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 53 km NNE of Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.03 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.00883483887° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.422166824341° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.460000038147 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	53 km NNE of Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-15 06:07:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-15 06:11:24	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	141	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4804	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25999999 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	279	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	hv74592587	Id of event.
Event Code	74592587	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74592587,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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