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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Hirosaki in Japan


Earthquake location 40.6132S, 140.3658WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.3658° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.6132° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.579 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km WNW of Hirosaki, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-14 00:54:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-14 23:25:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q5vu Id of event.
Event Code 6000q5vu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q5vu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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