A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.824 km (36 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:38:22 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 22:38:22 / January 15, 2025 @ 10:38 pm. Event id: us6000pka6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pka6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.0843° East, latitude 41.589° North, depth = 57.824 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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