A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Urakawa in Japan. Unique identifier: us7000qv1s. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qv1s. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 06:04:22 / August 15, 2025 @ 6:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, 142.4288° East, 41.8776° North, depth 60.248 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.248 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:04:22 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizunai-furukawachō (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Shizunai-furukawachō (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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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 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: 42 km SW of Urakawa, Japan.

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