A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Yokohama in Japan on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.659 km (38 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rudq. Unique identifier: us6000rudq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.3183 East, latitude 41.254 North, depth = 61.659 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:55:44 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/25 / 2025-12-12 07:55:44 / December 12, 2025 @ 7:55 am.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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