A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Miyako in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/25 / 2025-11-08 21:18:26 / November 8, 2025 @ 9:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:18:26 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000re6k. Unique identifier: us7000re6k. Exact location of event, longitude 143.012 East, latitude 39.6325 North, depth = 35 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamada, Miyako. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yamada (c. 20 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km E of Miyako, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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