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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Takayama in Japan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Takayama in Japan. The epicenter was at a depth of 262.77 km (163 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rnhl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnhl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 136.9821 East, latitude 36.2129 North, depth = 262.77 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 18:50:51 / November 15, 2025 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:50:51 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Kanazawa-shi (c. 458 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Gifu-shi (c. 397 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Toyama-shi (c. 325 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fukui-shi (c. 248 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Matsumoto (c. 210 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Takaoka (c. 170 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nanao, Nyūzen, Inuyama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 25 km WNW of Takayama, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	136.9821° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.2129° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	262.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km WNW of Takayama, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-15 18:50:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-15 20:00:52	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	284	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	110	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.679	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	70	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	us6000rnhl	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rnhl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rnhl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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