A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:09:21 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 00:09:21 / March 9, 2025 @ 12:09 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxq3. Id of event: us6000pxq3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.122 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, depth 50.122 km, 130.0838° East, 28.6354° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km ENE of Tatsugō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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