A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Yamada in Japan. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:05:52 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.641 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.4373° East, latitude 39.3231° North, depth = 49.641 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rnvp. Event ids that are associated: us6000rnvp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/25 / 2025-11-18 02:05:52 / November 18, 2025 @ 2:05 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tōno, Ōfunato, Miyako (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ōfunato (c. 35 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tōno (c. 26 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ōtsuchi (c. 16 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 44 km ESE of Yamada, Japan.
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