A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Morioka in Japan. Id of earthquake: us7000rf35. Event ids that are associated: us7000rf35. Exact location of event, depth 96.177 km, 141.4176° East, 39.672° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 96.177 km (60 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/11/25 / 2025-11-13 23:05:22 / November 13, 2025 @ 11:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:05:22 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hachinohe (c. 239 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hachinohe, Ichinoseki, Yokotemachi (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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.
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