A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Funaishikawa in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 04:51:28 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000q8lu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8lu. Exact location of event, longitude 140.6886 East, latitude 36.406 North, depth = 69.946 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.946 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/25 / 2025-06-25 04:51:28 / June 25, 2025 @ 4:51 am.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sakura (c. 182 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fujioka, Satte, Kurihashi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 12 km ESE of Funaishikawa, Japan.
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