Minor earthquake: M3.29 quake has struck near Kukuihaele in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Kukuihaele in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.7600002288818 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:24:20 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 14:24:20 / November 26, 2025 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv74837722. Event ids that are associated: hv74837722. Exact location of earthquake, -155.56533813477° West, 20.342332839966° North, depth 5.7600002288818 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Waimea.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km N of Kukuihaele, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.29 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.56533813477° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.342332839966° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.7600002288818 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km N of Kukuihaele, 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 14:24:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-26 14:29:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	167	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2935	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.219999999 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	295	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	hv74837722	Id of event.
Event Code	74837722	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74837722,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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