A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 00:14:30 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.6197° East, 29.0741° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/07/25 / 2025-07-02 00:14:30 / July 2, 2025 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qc2z. Unique identifier: us7000qc2z.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze. Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 69 km N of Tatsugō, Japan.
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