A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 141.4316 East, latitude 37.2086 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q03c. Id of event: us7000q03c. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:14:40 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 03:14:40 / May 19, 2025 @ 3:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kōriyama (c. 340 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sukagawa (c. 68 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kitaibaraki (c. 50 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Nihommatsu (c. 36 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Takahagi (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marumori, Nihommatsu, Hitachi (min 5000 pop).
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 six and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 39 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan.
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