A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 18:14:38 / January 20, 2025 @ 6:14 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 141.485 East, latitude 38.9604 North, depth = 88.149 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 88.149 km (55 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000play. Event ids that are associated: us6000play. The temblor was reported at 18:14:38 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sendai, Sendai-shi, Shizukuishi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km WSW of Ōfunato, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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