A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.918 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/25 / 2025-03-17 22:30:48 / March 17, 2025 @ 10:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:30:48 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pmx3. Id of event: us7000pmx3. Exact location, longitude 142.2961° East, latitude 39.071° North, depth = 48.918 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tōno, Miyako, Yamada (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 43 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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