A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:20:54 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.471 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 04:20:54 / March 9, 2025 @ 4:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxrc. Unique identifier: us6000pxrc. Exact location, longitude 130.1466° East, latitude 28.6868° North, depth = 37.471 km.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop).
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 five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 59 km ENE of Tatsugō, Japan.
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