A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Itoman in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 127.5725° East, 25.4094° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 31/03/25 / 2025-03-31 11:27:37 / March 31, 2025 @ 11:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:27:37 / 11:27 am (local time epicenter). 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: us6000q564. Id of event: us6000q564.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naha-shi, Tomigusuku, Itoman.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 80 km S of Itoman, Japan.
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