A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Unique identifier: us6000pzrt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzrt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.712 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:43:53 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 142.0184 East, latitude 38.3088 North, depth = 55.712 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/25 / 2025-03-10 09:43:53 / March 10, 2025 @ 9:43 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yamoto (c. 32 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kogota (c. 19 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Wakuya (c. 18 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rifu, Ōfunato, Kogota.
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 52 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.
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