Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag was detected near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: hv74631727. Event ids that are associated: hv74631727. The temblor was detected at 10:46:07 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/03/25 / 2025-03-11 10:46:07 / March 11, 2025 @ 10:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.36199951172 West, latitude 19.091667175293 North, depth = 32.04999923706 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.04999923706 km (20 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 76 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 17 km SE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.36199951172° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.091667175293° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.04999923706 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km SE 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	2025-03-11 10:46:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-11 10:49:20	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	159	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	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1139	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.119999997 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	230	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	hv74631727	Id of event.
Event Code	74631727	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74631727,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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