Minor earthquake: M2.87 quake has struck near Waikoloa in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Waikoloa in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.79483032227° West, 19.841333389282° North, depth 13.569999694824 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 19:44:38 / January 7, 2025 @ 7:44 pm. Id of earthquake: hv74586587. Event ids that are associated: hv74586587. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.569999694824 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:44:38 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 10 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.87 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.79483032227° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.841333389282° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.569999694824 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-07 19:44:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-07 19:48:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	128	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	0.1302	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.180000007 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	150	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	hv74586587	Id of event.
Event Code	74586587	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74586587,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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