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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Itoman in Japan

Posted by admin on December 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 26.1892S, 127.0127WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Itoman in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rufx. Unique identifier: us6000rufx. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/25 / 2025-11-25 01:44:24 / November 25, 2025 @ 1:44 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.432 km (39 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:44:24 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.0127° East, 26.1892° North, depth 62.432 km.

The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Naha-shi (c. 300 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Okinawa (c. 125 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ginowan (c. 91 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Gushikawa (c. 65 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Itoman (c. 57 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Tomigusuku (c. 55 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Katsuren-haebaru, Gushikawa, Ishikawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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: 66 km W of Itoman, Japan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 127.0127° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.1892° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.432 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km W of Itoman, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-25 01:44:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-18 03:19:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.3 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rufx Id of event.
Event Code 6000rufx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rufx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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