A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Iwaizumi in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 141.7934° East, 39.7907° North, depth 57.616 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 03:03:32 / February 6, 2025 @ 3:03 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.616 km (36 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:03:32 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pbqm. Event ids that are associated: us7000pbqm.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hanawa, Mizusawa, Hachinohe.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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