A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 19:05:01 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 19:05:01 / March 8, 2025 @ 7:05 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzd1. Unique identifier: us6000pzd1. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.451 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 130.0977° East, 28.6947° North, depth 39.451 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km ENE of Tatsugō, Japan.
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