A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Noda in Japan. The temblor was detected at 11:42:28 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000rdyj. Id of event: us7000rdyj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/25 / 2025-11-07 11:42:28 / November 7, 2025 @ 11:42 am. Exact location, longitude 142.4798° East, latitude 40.3302° North, depth = 58.501 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.501 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miyako, Hachinohe.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 61 km ENE of Noda, Japan.
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