A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Katsuren-haebaru in Japan. The temblor was reported at 23:45:04 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 128.3885° East, 26.0221° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qwmj. Unique identifier: us6000qwmj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 23:45:04 / July 18, 2025 @ 11:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nago, Naha-shi, Tomigusuku. Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km SE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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