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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Fern Forest in Hawaii

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 09:49:45 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -155.092° West, 19.352° North, depth 9.7 km. Event id: pt25330050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25330050. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 09:49:45 / November 26, 2025 @ 9:49 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.092° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.352° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-26 09:49:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-26 09:53:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	329	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	62	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		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	pt25330050	Id of event.
Event Code	25330050	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt25330050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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