A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Ishigaki in Japan. The temblor was detected at 10:07:27 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.157 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 10:07:27 / February 12, 2025 @ 10:07 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000pd37. Event ids that are associated: us7000pd37. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.6838 East, latitude 24.8409 North, depth = 85.157 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishigaki (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Ishigaki (c. 44 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NW of Ishigaki, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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