A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Koshima in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0v1. Unique identifier: us7000q0v1. The temblor was picked up at 15:57:52 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.263 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 131.046° East, latitude 29.9971° North, depth = 36.263 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 15:57:52 / May 7, 2025 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nishinoomote (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Nishinoomote (c. 17 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km ESE of Koshima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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