A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.295 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 06:30:50 / August 1, 2025 @ 6:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 141.8091° East, 37.3898° North, depth 47.295 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r31z. Id of event: us6000r31z. The temblor was reported at 06:30:50 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iwaki, Namie (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 70 km E of Tomioka, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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