A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sado in Japan on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.944 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 137.4938° East, 37.8023° North, depth 11.944 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pdrk. Event ids that are associated: us7000pdrk. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 05:03:12 / February 7, 2025 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:03:12 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Itoigawa (c. 30 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ryōtsu-minato (c. 16 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Itoigawa, Ryōtsu-minato (min 5000 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 80 km WSW of Sado, Japan.
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