A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Kapaau in Hawaii. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwya. Unique identifier: us6000pwya. Exact location, longitude -155.7996° West, latitude 20.1782° North, depth = 27.794 km. The temblor was reported at 01:00:13 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 01:00:13 / March 5, 2025 @ 1:00 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.794 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).

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

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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 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: 6 km S of Kapaau, Hawaii.

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