A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Shimodate in Japan on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/03/25 / 2025-03-04 06:12:05 / March 4, 2025 @ 6:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.336 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pwr6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwr6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.9482 East, latitude 36.2153 North, depth = 71.336 km. The temblor was detected at 06:12:05 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mobara, Tomioka, Kisarazu. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SSW of Shimodate, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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