A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 142.1317° East, 38.4055° North, depth 56.163 km. Event id: us7000pd8m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pd8m. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:04:30 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 21:04:30 / February 12, 2025 @ 9:04 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.163 km (35 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Furukawa, Ichinoseki, Rifu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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