A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Katsuura in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnr8. Unique identifier: us7000pnr8. The epicenter was at a depth of 67.727 km (42 miles). Global time and date of event 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 01:18:31 / March 30, 2025 @ 1:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 140.7729 East, latitude 34.5745 North, depth = 67.727 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:18:31 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tateyama, Kawaguchi, Ōhara. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Tateyama (c. 50 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kawaguchi (c. 29 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Katsuura (c. 22 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ōhara (c. 20 200 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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