A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Iwata in Japan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 23:33:27 / August 17, 2025 @ 11:33 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000r1se. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1se. Exact location of earthquake, 137.8019° East, 34.151° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:33:27 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishiki, Toyohama, Toba (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Hamamatsu (c. 605 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Toyohashi (c. 378 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fujieda (c. 132 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yaizu (c. 121 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Toyokawa (c. 120 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Iwata (c. 88 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hamakita (c. 86 500 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 61 km S of Iwata, Japan.

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