A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Yokohama in Japan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:12:23 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q437. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q437. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8429 East, latitude 41.0374 North, depth = 60.613 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 60.613 km (38 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 21:12:23 / April 4, 2025 @ 9:12 pm. 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 Aomori Shi, Hachinohe, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km E of Yokohama, Japan.
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