A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:03:55 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.987 km (41 miles). Exact location, longitude 141.8539° East, latitude 37.8761° North, depth = 65.987 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/07/25 / 2025-07-27 17:03:55 / July 27, 2025 @ 5:03 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qvi6. Unique identifier: us6000qvi6.
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Watari (c. 36 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rifu (c. 35 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai-shi, Sendai, Marumori (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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