Minor earthquake 2.86 mag, 5 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 04:14:16 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.49633789062 West, latitude 19.157667160034 North, depth = 30.590000152588 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.590000152588 km (19 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv74726682, us7000qcxx. Unique identifier: hv74726682. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 04:14:16 / July 16, 2025 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 5 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.49633789062° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.157667160034° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	30.590000152588 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSW 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 04:14:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-16 04:19:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	126	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03243	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.129999995 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	129	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	hv74726682	Id of event.
Event Code	74726682	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74726682,us7000qcxx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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