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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Hachinohe in Japan

Posted by admin on November 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.9125S, 142.6233WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 105 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan (65 miles). Exact location, longitude 142.6233° East, latitude 40.9125° North, depth = 45.026 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.026 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/25 / 2025-11-18 08:21:21 / November 18, 2025 @ 8:21 am. The temblor was reported at 08:21:21 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnwj. Unique identifier: us6000rnwj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 105 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.6233° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.9125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.026 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-18 08:21:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-18 08:52:58 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 354 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us6000rnwj Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnwj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnwj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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