A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ōtsuchi in Japan on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 12:44:29 / January 14, 2025 @ 12:44 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjwr. Unique identifier: us6000pjwr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0598 East, latitude 39.3519 North, depth = 63.846 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:44:29 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.846 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morioka-shi, Mizusawa, Kitakami (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 13 km E of Ōtsuchi, Japan.
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