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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Minami-Sōma in Japan

Posted by admin on October 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.6753S, 142.1794WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan (66 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.096 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:48:33 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 142.1794 East, latitude 37.6753 North, depth = 34.096 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 18:48:33 / October 21, 2025 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000riih. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000riih.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 106 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.1794° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6753° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.096 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-21 18:48:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-21 19:28:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.228 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000riih Id of event.
Event Code 6000riih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000riih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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