A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Minami-Sōma in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 09:03:41 / February 15, 2025 @ 9:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:03:41 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pf9y. Id of event: us7000pf9y. Exact location of event, depth 61.91 km, 141.9471° East, 37.7541° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.91 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishinomaki, Namie. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 86 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan.
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