Minor earthquake, 3.31 mag strikes near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv74651857. Event ids that are associated: hv74651857. The temblor was reported at 17:13:45 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/25 / 2025-04-12 17:13:45 / April 12, 2025 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.39916992188 West, latitude 19.260833740234 North, depth = 32.709999084473 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.709999084473 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.31 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.39916992188° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.260833740234° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.709999084473 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km NE 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	2025-04-12 17:13:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-12 17:17:20	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	2.2	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	169	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	0.02326	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	92	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	hv74651857	Id of event.
Event Code	74651857	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74651857,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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