A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Miyazaki in Japan. The temblor was detected at 23:55:53 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 23:55:53 / January 13, 2025 @ 11:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 131.8825 East, latitude 31.9049 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plvr. Id of event: us6000plvr.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shibushi, Sueyoshichō-ninokata, Kobayashi.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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: 44 km E of Miyazaki, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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