A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Namie in Japan on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 19:34:43 / March 26, 2025 @ 7:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.9084° East, latitude 37.5551° North, depth = 46.92 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q3yx. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3yx. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:34:43 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.92 km (29 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 80 km E of Namie, Japan.
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