Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Aso in Japan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Aso in Japan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/25 / 2025-11-25 12:59:11 / November 25, 2025 @ 12:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 131.0674° East, 32.9861° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rug5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rug5. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:59:11 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Fukuoka-shi (c. 1 392 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kumamoto (c. 680 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ōita (c. 448 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kurume (c. 238 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Saga-shi (c. 165 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ōmuta (c. 132 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashima, Fukuoka-shi, Hitoyoshi (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km NNW of Aso, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	131.0674° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9861° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NNW of Aso, 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 12:59:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-18 14:22:15	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	284	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.562	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	89	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rug5	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rug5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rug5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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