A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.11 km (37 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000qv7p. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qv7p. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:24:21 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 21:24:21 / July 25, 2025 @ 9:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.1082 East, latitude 38.8638 North, depth = 59.11 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wakuya, Yamoto, Mizusawa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km SE of Ōfunato, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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