A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 23:59:52 / April 1, 2025 @ 11:59 pm. Exact location, longitude 128.5258° East, latitude 25.9471° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ppcu. Id of event: us7000ppcu. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:59:52 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Naha-shi, Tomigusuku (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 77 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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