A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kushima in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000q5u6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q5u6. Exact location, longitude 131.589° East, latitude 31.0348° North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 20:38:07 / April 13, 2025 @ 8:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:38:07 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyakonojō, Ibusuki, Sueyoshichō-ninokata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kanoya (c. 82 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ibusuki (c. 29 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kushima (c. 22 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sueyoshichō-ninokata (c. 20 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Shibushi (c. 18 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 59 km SSE of Kushima, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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