A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Uken in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 155.312 km, 128.6955° East, 28.7376° North. Id of earthquake: us6000rcd7. Event ids that are associated: us6000rcd7. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:08:15 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 17:08:15 / September 23, 2025 @ 5:08 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 155.312 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Naze. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop).
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 one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km NW of Uken, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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