A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Tomioka in Japan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.846 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:09:27 / 9:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rj0d. Unique identifier: us6000rj0d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/25 / 2025-10-23 21:09:27 / October 23, 2025 @ 9:09 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 142.0358 East, latitude 37.4199 North, depth = 40.846 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 90 km E of Tomioka, Japan.
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