A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Funaishikawa in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 58.656 km, 140.6182° East, 36.4801° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 14:47:11 / July 15, 2025 @ 2:47 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qcsr. Id of event: us7000qcsr. The temblor was detected at 14:47:11 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.656 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Matsudo (c. 470 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Koshigaya (c. 317 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kasukabe (c. 206 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iwatsuki, Shōbu, Kisai.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km ENE of Funaishikawa, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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