A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Yonabaru in Japan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 06:20:19 / May 4, 2025 @ 6:20 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000q0ct. Event ids that are associated: us7000q0ct. Exact location, longitude 128.267° East, latitude 25.9176° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:20:19 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nago, Ishikawa, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 60 km ESE of Yonabaru, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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