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Minor earthquake 2.8900001 mag, 2 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.184000015259S, -155.4871673584WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8900001 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 18:11:07 / January 28, 2025 @ 6:11 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv74603512. Event ids that are associated: hv74603512, us7000p9ne. The temblor was detected at 18:11:07 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 32.759998321533 km (20 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.4871673584° West, latitude 19.184000015259° North, depth = 32.759998321533 km.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8900001 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4871673584° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.184000015259° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.759998321533 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SSW 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 2025-01-28 18:11:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-28 18:18:25 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 129 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,us, 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 0.03701 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.140000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 hv74603512 Id of event.
Event Code 74603512 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74603512,us7000p9ne, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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