Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Ie in Japan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ie in Japan on Thursday. Event id: us7000qrhb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrhb. Exact location of earthquake, 127.7041° East, 26.6688° North, depth 44.811 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:12:50 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 44.811 km (28 miles). Global time and date of event 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 03:12:50 / August 28, 2025 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Nago (c. 59 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Itoman, Tomigusuku, Naha-shi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 11 km WSW of Ie, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	127.7041° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	26.6688° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.811 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km WSW of Ie, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-28 03:12:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-28 03:32:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	355	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.535	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qrhb	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qrhb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qrhb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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