A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Shinjō in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.552° East, 38.7729° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:17:05 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwaa. Unique identifier: us6000pwaa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 13:17:05 / March 1, 2025 @ 1:17 pm.

The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yamagata-shi (c. 254 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sakata (c. 100 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tsuruoka (c. 99 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Takahata, Kakuda, Kakunodatemachi (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 21 km E of Shinjō, Japan.

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