A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Imabetsu in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q417. Unique identifier: us6000q417. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:15:42 / 7:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 19:15:42 / April 4, 2025 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.2047° East, 41.2509° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hakodate (c. 275 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kuroishi (c. 38 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kamiiso (c. 38 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu, Nanae, Hirosaki. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 24 km WNW of Imabetsu, Japan.
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