A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Yokohama in Japan on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000ruuc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ruuc. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:09:30 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.367 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 60.367 km, 142.3169° East, 41.2673° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/25 / 2025-12-14 18:09:30 / December 14, 2025 @ 6:09 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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 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: 91 km ENE of Yokohama, Japan.
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