A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.816 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 130.2581 East, latitude 28.6867 North, depth = 24.816 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:57:13 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 18:57:13 / March 8, 2025 @ 6:57 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000pzdc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzdc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km ENE of Tatsugō, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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