A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:24:29 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtba. Id of event: us7000qtba. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 23:24:29 / August 8, 2025 @ 11:24 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.649 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.0056 East, latitude 37.793 North, depth = 58.649 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishinomaki. Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 87 km SE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.
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