A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.8683 East, latitude 29.0712 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:08:19 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 15:08:19 / June 23, 2025 @ 3:08 pm. Unique identifier: us7000qapv. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qapv.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 73 km NNE of Tatsugō, Japan.
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