A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Hitachi in Japan. Id of earthquake: us7000px43. Event ids that are associated: us7000px43. Exact location of event, longitude 140.9534 East, latitude 36.4314 North, depth = 45.961 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:34:53 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 16:34:53 / May 4, 2025 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.961 km (29 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishige, Ōtawara, Fujishiro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tsukuba (c. 175 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Narita (c. 100 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km SE of Hitachi, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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