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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Hirara in Japan

Posted by admin on September 10, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.0234S, 125.0354WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hirara in Japan on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000quey. Id of event: us7000quey. The temblor was detected at 15:44:07 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.841 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 125.0354 East, latitude 25.0234 North, depth = 25.841 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/25 / 2025-09-06 15:44:07 / September 6, 2025 @ 3:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Hirara (c. 34 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hirara (min 5000 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NW of Hirara, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.0354° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.0234° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.841 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km NW of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-06 15:44:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-10 16:33:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 298 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.97 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000quey Id of event.
Event Code 7000quey An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000quey, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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