Minor earthquake, 3.06 mag has occurred near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 18:53:49 / January 25, 2025 @ 6:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.43299865723 West, latitude 19.364999771118 North, depth = 7.3299999237061 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.3299999237061 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74600872. Id of event: hv74600872. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:53:49 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.06 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.43299865723° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.364999771118° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.3299999237061 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km NNE 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	2025-01-25 18:53:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-25 19:01:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	144	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	64	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02393	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	hv74600872	Id of event.
Event Code	74600872	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74600872,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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