A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Toba in Japan on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 334.761 km (208 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 136.8988° East, latitude 34.5° North, depth = 334.761 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 14:42:42 / February 9, 2025 @ 2:42 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:42:42 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pchg. Event ids that are associated: us7000pchg.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwata, Ichinomiya, Hamakita (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Nagoya-shi (c. 2 191 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Hamamatsu (c. 605 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Toyohashi (c. 378 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Toyota (c. 362 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Okazaki (c. 352 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kasugai (c. 298 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km ENE of Toba, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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