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Minor earthquake 3.03 mag, 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii


Earthquake location 19.170499801636S, -155.4836730957WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 18:06:12 / August 6, 2025 @ 6:06 pm. Unique identifier: hv74744642. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74744642. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.4836730957 West, latitude 19.170499801636 North, depth = 30.530000686646 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.530000686646 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:06:12 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 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 (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Kailua, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -155.4836730957° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.170499801636° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.530000686646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 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 2025-08-06 18:06:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-06 18:09:54 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 141 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02531 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.140000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 hv74744642 Id of event.
Event Code 74744642 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,hv74744642, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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