A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.659999847412 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:56:58 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/25 / 2025-12-23 09:56:58 / December 23, 2025 @ 9:56 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74858577, us7000rkbn. Id of event: hv74858577. Exact location of event, depth 30.659999847412 km, -155.4803314209° West, 19.175500869751° North.

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii.

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