A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Urakawa in Japan on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 58.696 km, 142.679° East, 41.7258° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.696 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:06:36 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/25 / 2025-10-10 22:06:36 / October 10, 2025 @ 10:06 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rggg. Unique identifier: us6000rggg.
Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fifty-two 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km S of Urakawa, Japan.
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