A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kameshima in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 349.684 km (217 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:46:15 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 135.6171° East, 35.8548° North, depth 349.684 km. Event id: us6000qiqh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qiqh. Global time and date of event 07/06/25 / 2025-06-07 14:46:15 / June 7, 2025 @ 2:46 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Fukui-shi (c. 248 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hikone (c. 110 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Maizuru (c. 92 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Takefu (c. 75 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fukuchiyama (c. 68 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tsuruga (c. 68 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hikone, Katsuyama, Kitahama. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NE of Kameshima, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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