A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.577 km (46 miles). Event id: us6000rkxp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rkxp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/11/25 / 2025-11-01 14:44:09 / November 1, 2025 @ 2:44 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 142.0225 East, latitude 39.1645 North, depth = 73.577 km. The temblor was reported at 14:44:09 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morioka-shi, Ichinoseki, Hanamaki. Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Morioka-shi (c. 295 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kitakami (c. 93 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hanamaki (c. 73 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mizusawa (c. 61 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Miyako (c. 51 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Kamaishi (c. 43 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km SE of Kamaishi, Japan.

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