Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag was detected near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74676067. Id of event: hv74676067. Exact location of event, longitude -155.75733947754 West, latitude 19.494333267212 North, depth = -3.3800001144409 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -3.3800001144409 km (-2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 08:30:42 / May 19, 2025 @ 8:30 am. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:30:42 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Waimea, Waikoloa Village. Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 12 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.93 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.75733947754° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.494333267212° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-3.3800001144409 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-19 08:30:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-19 08:33:51	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	132	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05246	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.280000001 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	161	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	hv74676067	Id of event.
Event Code	74676067	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74676067,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag was detected near Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii

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