Minor earthquake 2.96 mag, 11 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.139999389648 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74735142. Id of event: hv74735142. Exact location of event, depth 31.139999389648 km, -155.38583374023° West, 19.260000228882° North. The temblor was detected at 02:05:32 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/25 / 2025-07-26 02:05:32 / July 26, 2025 @ 2:05 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 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.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.38583374023° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.260000228882° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.139999389648 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 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	2025-07-26 02:05:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-26 02:09:35	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	135	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	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02495	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.180000007 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124	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	hv74735142	Id of event.
Event Code	74735142	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74735142,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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