A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pd43. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pd43. Exact location of earthquake, 141.7343° East, 39.2126° North, depth 80.711 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:37:39 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.711 km (50 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 14:37:39 / February 12, 2025 @ 2:37 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamoto, Furukawa, Ishinomaki (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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 quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km WSW of Kamaishi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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