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Minor earthquake, 3 mag was detected near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii

Posted by admin on May 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.5833S, -156.1462WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -156.1462 West, latitude 19.5833 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 02:19:34 / 2:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 02:19:34 / May 26, 2025 @ 2:19 am. Event id: us7000q1gw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1gw.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 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), 21 km (13 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.1462° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 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 02:19:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-26 02:56:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 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 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 140 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us7000q1gw Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1gw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1gw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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