Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag was detected near Honoka‘a in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Honoka‘a in Hawaii on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 20:34:12 / January 10, 2025 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.76999998092651 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:34:12 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.47850036621 West, latitude 20.129333496094 North, depth = -0.76999998092651 km. Unique identifier: hv74588807. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74588807.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km NNW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.47850036621° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.129333496094° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.76999998092651 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NNW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-10 20:34:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-10 20:37:26	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	136	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	52	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.228	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.360000014 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	203	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	hv74588807	Id of event.
Event Code	74588807	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74588807,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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