A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hitachi in Japan on Friday. Unique identifier: us6000qv0g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qv0g. The temblor was detected at 09:12:23 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 79.717 km (50 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 09:12:23 / July 25, 2025 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 140.793° East, latitude 36.5677° North, depth = 79.717 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hasaki, Ryūgasaki, Mibu. Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 13 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan.
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