A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Urakawa in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 06:05:53 / July 21, 2025 @ 6:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.5911° East, latitude 41.9491° North, depth = 62.566 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:05:53 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.566 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000qe7a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qe7a.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 27 km SW of Urakawa, Japan.
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