Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near Naalehu in Hawaii

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii (9 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 37.310001373291 km (23 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 00:04:50 / December 25, 2025 @ 12:04 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74859777. Id of event: hv74859777. Exact location, longitude -155.53866577148° West, latitude 18.939666748047° North, depth = 37.310001373291 km. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:50 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-one 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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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. 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: 14 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.53866577148° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.939666748047° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.310001373291 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-25 00:04:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-25 00:08:58	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	130	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	0.1285	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.150000006 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	238	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	hv74859777	Id of event.
Event Code	74859777	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,hv74859777,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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