A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Iheya in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzsk. Id of event: us6000pzsk. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:04:19 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.62 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 128.1956 East, latitude 27.1857 North, depth = 56.62 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/25 / 2025-03-10 23:04:19 / March 10, 2025 @ 11:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishikawa, Nago (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ishikawa (c. 22 400 pop). 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. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NE of Iheya, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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