A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Iwaki in Japan on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 58.42 km, 141.2789° East, 36.8896° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 01:13:10 / April 10, 2025 @ 1:13 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000q50x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q50x. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:13:10 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 58.42 km (36 miles).
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miharu, Sukagawa, Ōarai.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 39 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan.
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