A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Yokohama in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 142.3659° East, latitude 41.2677° North, depth = 49.983 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.983 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 23:04:36 / December 9, 2025 @ 11:04 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:04:36 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtra. Unique identifier: us6000rtra.
Close 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 Mutsu. Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km ENE of Yokohama, Japan.
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