A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Iwaizumi in Japan on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.618 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 69.618 km, 141.656° East, 39.8414° North. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:10:45 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrnn. Unique identifier: us7000qrnn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 13:10:45 / August 5, 2025 @ 1:10 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mizusawa, Ōfunato, Hanawa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km W of Iwaizumi, Japan.
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