A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Tateyama in Japan on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/25 / 2025-01-16 00:07:26 / January 16, 2025 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.198 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000pkb1. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkb1. The temblor was detected at 00:07:26 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 51.198 km, 139.9696° East, 34.6318° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atami, Ōiso, Hiratsuka (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Fujisawa (c. 394 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Hiratsuka (c. 259 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chigasaki (c. 231 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kamakura (c. 166 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kisarazu (c. 122 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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: 40 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan.
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