A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. Global time and date of event 21/04/25 / 2025-04-21 16:48:06 / April 21, 2025 @ 4:48 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pu18. Unique identifier: us7000pu18. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.978 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.6208 East, latitude 37.4464 North, depth = 44.978 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:06 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kakuda (c. 33 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Funehikimachi-funehiki (c. 23 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Marumori (c. 16 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kakuda, Watari, Funehikimachi-funehiki (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km ENE of Tomioka, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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