A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.223 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:35:28 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.5318° East, 26.0003° North, depth 11.223 km. Global time and date of event 02/04/25 / 2025-04-02 04:35:28 / April 2, 2025 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. 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: us7000ppe2. Id of event: us7000ppe2.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naha-shi, Nago, Tomigusuku (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan.
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