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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Wada in Japan


Earthquake location 34.7511S, 140.2946WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.2946° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7511° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km SE of Wada, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-23 19:07:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-23 19:37:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.68 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pfmq Id of event.
Event Code 7000pfmq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pfmq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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