A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.568 km (40 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:46:09 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qhdi. Unique identifier: us6000qhdi. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/06/25 / 2025-06-02 06:46:09 / June 2, 2025 @ 6:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 141.711 East, latitude 37.9321 North, depth = 64.568 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kogota, Tomiya, Ōkawara. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.
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