A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Honmachi in Japan on Monday. Exact location, longitude 130.5894° East, latitude 32.3911° North, depth = 26.229 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:00:37 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/03/25 / 2025-03-17 20:00:37 / March 17, 2025 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.229 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pzej. Event ids that are associated: us6000pzej. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kagoshima-shi (c. 555 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nagasaki-shi (c. 410 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saga-shi, Takedamachi, Ureshino (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen 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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