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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Kailua-Kona in Hawaii

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Earthquake location 19.7383S, -156.5078WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii on Monday. Id of earthquake: us6000rjrv. Event ids that are associated: us6000rjrv. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/25 / 2025-10-27 16:38:00 / October 27, 2025 @ 4:38 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.071 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:38:00 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -156.5078° West, latitude 19.7383° North, depth = 36.071 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -156.5078° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.7383° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.071 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-27 16:38:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-02 18:58:30 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 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 121 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.597 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 308 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 us6000rjrv Id of event.
Event Code 6000rjrv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rjrv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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