A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Tennō in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.325 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:34:24 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 03:34:24 / October 14, 2025 @ 3:34 am. Unique identifier: us6000rgzf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgzf. Exact location, longitude 139.5058° East, latitude 39.605° North, depth = 11.325 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yokotemachi, Kakunodatemachi, Ōmagari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Akita Shi (c. 325 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Akita (c. 320 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sakata (c. 100 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Noshiromachi (c. 51 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yokotemachi (c. 39 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ōmagari (c. 38 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tennō (c. 22 700 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km SW of Tennō, Japan.
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