A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Onagawa Chō in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rern. Id of event: us7000rern. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/25 / 2025-11-30 17:25:49 / November 30, 2025 @ 5:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.844 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.8636 East, latitude 38.1993 North, depth = 53.844 km. The temblor was detected at 17:25:49 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tomiya (c. 42 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Iwanuma (c. 42 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ōfunato, Watari, Furukawa (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 45 km SE of Onagawa Chō, Japan.
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