Minor earthquake, 3.74 mag has occurred near Pāhala in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii on Friday. Id of earthquake: hv74791302. Event ids that are associated: hv74791302, us6000refy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 06:28:56 / October 3, 2025 @ 6:28 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:28:56 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.290000915527 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.48466491699 West, latitude 19.170333862305 North, depth = 29.290000915527 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Hilo, Kailua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event 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), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.74 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.48466491699° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.170333862305° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.290000915527 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	2025-10-03 06:28:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-03 06:34:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.5	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	221	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02598	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.109999999 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	98	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	hv74791302	Id of event.
Event Code	74791302	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74791302,us6000refy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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