A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tsunō in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 50.593 km, 131.8678° East, 32.0609° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.593 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/25 / 2025-08-27 12:50:01 / August 27, 2025 @ 12:50 pm. Unique identifier: us7000qra5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qra5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:50:01 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sueyoshichō-ninokata, Kushima, Miyakonojō (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 35 km SE of Tsunō, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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