A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Koshima in Japan. Event id: us7000pxpc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxpc. Exact location of event, depth 38.72 km, 131.0806° East, 30.0213° North. The temblor was picked up at 10:50:42 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.72 km (24 miles). Global time and date of event 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 10:50:42 / May 7, 2025 @ 10:50 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nishinoomote. Epicenter of the event was 80 km (49 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km ESE of Koshima, Japan.
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