A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 123 km S of Honchō, Japan (76 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.273 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pfa6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pfa6. The temblor was picked up at 11:43:57 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 143.0037° East, latitude 41.0215° North, depth = 32.273 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/25 / 2025-02-15 11:43:57 / February 15, 2025 @ 11:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 123 km S of Honchō, Japan.

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