A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:15:25 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000qctb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qctb. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 17:15:25 / July 15, 2025 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 129.4337° East, latitude 29.2567° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km N of Tatsugō, Japan.
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