A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 16:31:48 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.108 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 16:31:48 / January 26, 2025 @ 4:31 pm. Exact location, longitude 125.4011° East, latitude 25.0043° North, depth = 45.108 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pmg4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmg4.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara.
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 24 km NNE of Hirara, Japan.
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