Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Yonakuni in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 43 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan (27 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/25 / 2025-06-28 04:59:49 / June 28, 2025 @ 4:59 am. Id of earthquake: us7000q9ac. Event ids that are associated: us7000q9ac. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 119.854 km (74 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 of event, depth 119.854 km, 123.2223° East, 24.8056° North. The temblor was reported at 04:59:49 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	123.2223° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.8056° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	119.854 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-28 04:59:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-28 22:21:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	298	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.388	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000q9ac	Id of event.
Event Code	7000q9ac	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000q9ac,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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