A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Miyako in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.6828 East, latitude 39.9746 North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pvha. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvha. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 23:22:53 / February 25, 2025 @ 11:22 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:22:53 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōtsuchi, Yamada, Miyako. The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km ENE of Miyako, Japan.
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