Minor earthquake, 3.02 mag has occurred near Waikoloa in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Waikoloa in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/25 / 2025-11-21 01:43:45 / November 21, 2025 @ 1:43 am. Exact location of event, depth 29.75 km, -155.66267395019° West, 19.856332778931° North. Event id: hv74834497. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74834497. The temblor was picked up at 01:43:45 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.75 km (18 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo, Kailua (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 16 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.02 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.66267395019° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.856332778931° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.75 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-21 01:43:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-21 01:48:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	0.004918	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.159999996 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	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	hv74834497	Id of event.
Event Code	74834497	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74834497,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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