A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Hirosaki in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5vu. Id of event: us6000q5vu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.579 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude 140.3658° East, latitude 40.6132° North, depth = 35.579 km. The temblor was reported at 00:54:18 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 00:54:18 / April 14, 2025 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ichinohe, Misawa, Tennō (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Aomori Shi (c. 298 400 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Hirosaki (c. 175 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ōdate (c. 64 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Noshiromachi (c. 51 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Goshogawara (c. 49 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km WNW of Hirosaki, Japan.
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