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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hirara in Japan


Earthquake location 25.4204S, 125.1234WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Hirara in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 137.884 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:10:21 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 09:10:21 / January 31, 2025 @ 9:10 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pa8q. Unique identifier: us7000pa8q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.1234 East, latitude 25.4204 North, depth = 137.884 km.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hirara (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km NNW of Hirara, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1234° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.4204° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 137.884 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km NNW of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-31 09:10:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-31 09:40:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.314 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pa8q Id of event.
Event Code 7000pa8q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pa8q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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