A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Tsunō in Japan on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/25 / 2025-08-13 11:46:03 / August 13, 2025 @ 11:46 am. Exact location, longitude 131.9436° East, latitude 32.0291° North, depth = 39.392 km. Unique identifier: us7000qu7v. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qu7v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.392 km (24 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:46:03 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kobayashi, Kushima, Miyakonojō (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Miyazaki-shi (c. 311 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Miyakonojō (c. 131 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Nobeoka (c. 121 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Nichinan (c. 44 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kobayashi (c. 39 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tsuma (c. 34 300 pop). Close 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 43 km SE of Tsunō, Japan.

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