A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Yamada in Japan. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:16:58 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 143.1519° East, latitude 39.3484° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/25 / 2025-11-09 09:16:58 / November 9, 2025 @ 9:16 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rmf3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rmf3.
Epicenter of the event was 104 km (65 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yamada. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 104 km E of Yamada, Japan.
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