Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag has occurred near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:23:31 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.46867370606 West, latitude 19.423334121704 North, depth = 5.25 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/25 / 2025-05-15 08:23:31 / May 15, 2025 @ 8:23 am. Unique identifier: hv74673547. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74673547. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.25 km (3 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days three hundred and three 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.46867370606° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.423334121704° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.25 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km N 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	2025-05-15 08:23:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-15 08:26:50	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	133	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05213	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.189999998 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	hv74673547	Id of event.
Event Code	74673547	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74673547,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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