Minor earthquake: M3.05 quake has struck near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 10:16:52 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/25 / 2025-05-14 10:16:52 / May 14, 2025 @ 10:16 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -2.3599998950958 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -156.16217041016 West, latitude 19.60000038147 North, depth = -2.3599998950958 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74672722, us7000pz5n. Id of event: hv74672722.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa. Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 17 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.05 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.16217041016° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.60000038147° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-2.3599998950958 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-14 10:16:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-14 10:23:52	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	2.7	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	143	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.319	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.370000005 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	240	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	hv74672722	Id of event.
Event Code	74672722	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74672722,us7000pz5n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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