A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tomioka in Japan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 141.9915° East, latitude 37.3022° North, depth = 22.056 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:34:53 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.056 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnct. Id of event: us6000rnct. Global time and date of event 14/11/25 / 2025-11-14 17:34:53 / November 14, 2025 @ 5:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Namie (c. 21 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Namie (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 86 km E of Tomioka, Japan.
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