A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. The temblor was detected at 20:05:45 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pkfe. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkfe. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 20:05:45 / January 4, 2025 @ 8:05 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 140.884 East, latitude 34.634 North, depth = 51.23 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.23 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kawaguchi, Ōhara, Katsuura. Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km SE of Katsuura, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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