Minor earthquake, 3.19 mag was detected near Puako in Hawaii

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Puako in Hawaii on Monday. The temblor was detected at 14:24:36 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -156.08515930176° West, 19.959833145142° North, depth 104.68000030518 km. Id of earthquake: hv74848017. Event ids that are associated: hv74848017. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 14:24:36 / December 8, 2025 @ 2:24 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.68000030518 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km W of Puako, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.19 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-156.08515930176° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.959833145142° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	104.68000030518 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km W of Puako, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-08 14:24:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-08 14:28:51	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	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	157	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	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2831	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.310000002 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	239	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	hv74848017	Id of event.
Event Code	74848017	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74848017,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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