A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 230 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan (143 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rd45. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rd45. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:34:30 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 143.9906 East, latitude 37.9048 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 10:34:30 / September 26, 2025 @ 10:34 am UTC/GMT.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 230 km ESE of Onagawa Chō, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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