A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.35 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Puako in Hawaii. Event id: hv74798307. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74798307. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.26 km (14 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 17:23:53 / October 8, 2025 @ 5:23 pm. Exact location of event, depth 23.26 km, -155.81083333333° West, 20.027833333333° North. The 3.35-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:23:53 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 6 km NNE of Puako, Hawaii.

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