A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ōfunato in Japan. Id of earthquake: us6000re09. Event ids that are associated: us6000re09. The temblor was reported at 14:50:08 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8902 East, latitude 38.7068 North, depth = 78.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 78.59 km (49 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 14:50:08 / October 1, 2025 @ 2:50 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sendai-shi, Hanamaki, Tomiya (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km SSE of Ōfunato, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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