A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Takahagi in Japan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 141.2847° East, 36.4648° North, depth 35 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rkq5. Event ids that are associated: us6000rkq5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 03:30:33 / October 11, 2025 @ 3:30 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:30:33 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sawara, Katori-shi, Kasama. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Iwaki (c. 357 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mito-shi (c. 246 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Hitachi (c. 186 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hitachi-Naka (c. 156 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Katsuta (c. 156 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Katori-shi (c. 83 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kashima-shi (c. 65 800 pop).

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

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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. 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: 58 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan.

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