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Minor earthquake 2.84 mag, 4 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.165832519531S, -155.48216247559WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv74743612. Event ids that are associated: hv74743612. The temblor was reported at 13:04:17 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 13:04:17 / August 5, 2025 @ 1:04 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.89999961853 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.48216247559° West, 19.165832519531° North, depth 29.89999961853 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.48216247559° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.165832519531° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.89999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km S 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 2025-08-05 13:04:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-05 13:07:48 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 124 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0216 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.150000006 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 hv74743612 Id of event.
Event Code 74743612 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74743612, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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