A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Shisui in Japan. Exact location of event, longitude 140.3113 East, latitude 35.7046 North, depth = 51.81 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcly. Unique identifier: us6000rcly. The temblor was picked up at 21:53:53 / 9:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 21:53:53 / August 31, 2025 @ 9:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.81 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tokyo (c. 8 336 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Yokohama (c. 3 574 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kawasaki (c. 1 306 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Saitama (c. 1 193 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yono (c. 1 077 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Chiba (c. 919 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ōmiya, Sano, Morohongō.

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km ESE of Shisui, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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