A 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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