A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Miyakojima in Japan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.622 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 125.8903° East, 24.5121° North, depth 28.622 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 08:50:08 / April 8, 2025 @ 8:50 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4q1. Unique identifier: us6000q4q1. The temblor was picked up at 08:50:08 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 66 km ESE of Miyakojima, Japan.
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