Minor earthquake, 3.04 mag has occurred near Naalehu in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Naalehu in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.059999465942 km (19 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:37:16 / 4:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/25 / 2025-09-30 04:37:16 / September 30, 2025 @ 4:37 am. Exact location, longitude -155.40016174316° West, latitude 19.023834228516° North, depth = 31.059999465942 km. Event id: hv74788322. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74788322.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.04 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.40016174316° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.023834228516° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.059999465942 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-30 04:37:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-30 04:41:15	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	142	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	0.1434	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	212	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	hv74788322	Id of event.
Event Code	74788322	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74788322,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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