A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Noda in Japan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.6795 East, latitude 40.2191 North, depth = 38.343 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:26:35 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.343 km (24 miles). Global time and date of event 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 22:26:35 / November 15, 2025 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rs99. Id of event: us6000rs99.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miyako (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 ten, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 74 km E of Noda, Japan.
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