A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Wada in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 19:07:52 / February 23, 2025 @ 7:07 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.2946 East, latitude 34.7511 North, depth = 86.2 km. Unique identifier: us7000pfmq. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pfmq. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:07:52 / 7:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.2 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yokosuka (c. 429 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Fujisawa (c. 394 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichihara (c. 283 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kamakura (c. 166 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kisarazu (c. 122 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fujisawa, Yokohama, Chiba (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 40 km SE of Wada, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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