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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Hirara in Japan

Posted by admin on December 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 26.2323S, 125.1422WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 159 km N of Hirara, Japan (99 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.1422 East, latitude 26.2323 North, depth = 184.718 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:35:54 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 184.718 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 04:35:54 / December 19, 2025 @ 4:35 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rvx0. Unique identifier: us6000rvx0.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 159 km N of Hirara, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 125.1422° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.2323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 184.718 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 159 km N of Hirara, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-19 04:35:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-19 04:52:11 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 354 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.02 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000rvx0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rvx0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rvx0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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