A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Kamo in Japan. Exact location, longitude 139.0321° East, latitude 37.62° North, depth = 183.43 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 183.43 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:00:06 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwcx. Id of event: us7000qwcx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 19:00:06 / September 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 31 km (20 miles) from Niigata-shi (c. 505 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Jōetsu (c. 204 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Nagaoka (c. 195 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kashiwazaki (c. 86 200 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Sanjō (c. 82 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Shibata (c. 80 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jōetsu, Murakami, Kitakata. Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km S of Kamo, Japan.
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