Minor earthquake 3.09 mag, 16 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1gw, hv74680617. Id of event: hv74680617. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:19:35 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.59 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.154 West, latitude 19.606166666667 North, depth = 4.59 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 02:19:35 / May 26, 2025 @ 2:19 am UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 16 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.154° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.606166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 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	2025-05-26 02:19:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-26 03:49:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	reviewed	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	151	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	,us,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	0.1375	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	239	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	hv74680617	Id of event.
Event Code	74680617	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000q1gw,hv74680617,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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