A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Funaishikawa in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 140.5796 East, latitude 36.5124 North, depth = 64.073 km. Unique identifier: us7000q87f. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q87f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:58:02 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/06/25 / 2025-06-08 09:58:02 / June 8, 2025 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.073 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shisui, Sano, Shiroi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Utsunomiya-shi (c. 449 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kashiwa (c. 340 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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: 5 km NNE of Funaishikawa, Japan.

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