Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth 11.76 km, -155.6096° West, 19.1956° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.76 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 15:10:40 / August 16, 2025 @ 3:10 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:10:40 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1lk. Id of event: us6000r1lk.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km W of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.6096° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1956° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km W 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	2025-08-16 15:10:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-16 18:54:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	reviewed	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	148	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.52 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	88	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	us6000r1lk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000r1lk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000r1lk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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