Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag strikes near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.2599999904633 km (1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.38017272949° West, 19.264667510986° North, depth 2.2599999904633 km. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:09:56 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 16:09:56 / July 16, 2025 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv74727152. Unique identifier: hv74727152.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.38017272949° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.264667510986° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.2599999904633 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km ENE 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	2025-07-16 16:09:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-16 16:13:23	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	122	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	0.03159	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.239999995 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	128	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	hv74727152	Id of event.
Event Code	74727152	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74727152,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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