Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag has occurred near Puako in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Puako in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -156.25933837891° West, 20.082166671753° North, depth 11.449999809265 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.449999809265 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv74679052. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74679052. The temblor was detected at 12:31:34 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 12:31:34 / May 23, 2025 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close 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 Kīhei, Waimea, Hōlualoa.

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 five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.98 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.25933837891° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.082166671753° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.449999809265 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km WNW of Puako, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-23 12:31:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-23 12:39:19	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	137	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3523	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.310000002 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	281	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	hv74679052	Id of event.
Event Code	74679052	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74679052,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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